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Sir Edward Coke : The third part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: concerning High Treason, and other pleas of the Crown

'Up, and I to my chamber, and there all morning reading in my Lord Cooke's "Pleas of the Crowne", very fine noble reading.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Samuel Pepys      Print: Book

Sir Edward Coke : Institutes of the laws of England

'By and by I got him to read part of my Lord Cooke's chapter of Treason, which is mighty well worth reading and doth inform me in many things; and for aught I see, it is useful to know what these crimes are.'

Century: 1600-1699     Reader/Listener/Group: Henry Moore      Print: Book

Sir Edward Coke : unknown

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 17 June 1839: 'I mean to make an extract of your legal admirations and send them to my brother George who begins his circuits next year as a BARRISTER!! I shall be curious to observe how his enthusiasm for his profession, which actually set him down to read Coke among this exquisite scenery, when he came down with me last year [...] will bear up under the infliction.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Goodin Moulton-Barrett      Print: Book

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