Lives of British Statesmen, 2. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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2. oldal
... considerable families in the county , possessed very extensive influence . * Thomas , the eldest of twelve children , was born on the 13th of April 1593 , in Chancery Lane , at the house of his mater- nal grandfather , a barrister of ...
... considerable families in the county , possessed very extensive influence . * Thomas , the eldest of twelve children , was born on the 13th of April 1593 , in Chancery Lane , at the house of his mater- nal grandfather , a barrister of ...
11. oldal
... considerable addition to the royal authority . tion . The proprietors of land were now made to acknow- ledge a dependence on their monarch ; were bound to administer specific aids to his revenue ; and in their tenures , acknowledged an ...
... considerable addition to the royal authority . tion . The proprietors of land were now made to acknow- ledge a dependence on their monarch ; were bound to administer specific aids to his revenue ; and in their tenures , acknowledged an ...
16. oldal
... considerable accuracy , the limits of their own pri- vileges and the king's prerogative ; and had passed those statutes for the protection of persons and property , which are still appealed to against the encroachments of arbitrary ...
... considerable accuracy , the limits of their own pri- vileges and the king's prerogative ; and had passed those statutes for the protection of persons and property , which are still appealed to against the encroachments of arbitrary ...
53. oldal
... considerable duration ; and , in the life of a man in general so beset with care , and so anxiously devoted to the pursuit of am- bition , it is pleasant to dwell on an interval of phi losophic tranquillity . His letters to his friends ...
... considerable duration ; and , in the life of a man in general so beset with care , and so anxiously devoted to the pursuit of am- bition , it is pleasant to dwell on an interval of phi losophic tranquillity . His letters to his friends ...
64. oldal
... considerable , his talents were much respect- ed , his vigour and decision gave him forcible claims to attention . Ready in conception , and pointed in expression , his eloquence imparted a lustre to his sentiments , and procured for ...
... considerable , his talents were much respect- ed , his vigour and decision gave him forcible claims to attention . Ready in conception , and pointed in expression , his eloquence imparted a lustre to his sentiments , and procured for ...
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affairs amidst appeared apprehension arbitrary army assured authority bill of attainder bishops Buckingham cause Chancellor charge Charles church Clarendon Commons conduct Continuation council counsels court courtiers Cromwell crown dangerous death declared desired Duke Earl Earl of Strafford endeavoured enemies England English Exchequer expedient expence expressed Falkland favour favourite fortune France grace grant Hist honour House House of Lords House of Peers Hyde Ibid impeachment indignation Ireland Irish James justice king king's kingdom Laud levied Lord Chancellor Lord Cottington lord deputy majesty majesty's measures ment minister monarch Mountnorris Nalson nation necessity occasion parlia parliament persons petition petition of right prerogative present prince privy-council proceeded procured prorogation Protestant queen reason refused reign remonstrance rendered resolved revenue royal royalists Rushworth Scots seemed sion Sir Harry Vane sovereign Spain Spanish match Strafford's Letters subjects supplies thousand pounds tion Wentworth
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406. oldal - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
415. oldal - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
268. oldal - I have nigh done! One stroke will make my wife a widow, my dear children fatherless, deprive my poor servants of their indulgent master, and separate me from my affectionate brother and all my friends! But let God be to you and them all in all!
244. oldal - That, having tried the affections of his people, he was loose and absolved from all rules of government, and...
406. oldal - And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any mischief.
353. oldal - ... of will, and humour, and folly, and knavery, and ambition, and malice, which make ? men cling inseparably together, till they have satisfaction in all their pretences, or till they are absolutely broken and subdued, which may always be more easily done than the other.
263. oldal - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
234. oldal - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state, or to the persons of statesmen, was in no time more penal, and those foundations of right by which men valued their security, to the apprehension and understanding of wise men, never more in danger to be destroyed.
415. oldal - ... those, and extirpate their families, who are friends to the old one. It was confidently reported, that in the council of officers it was more than once proposed "that there might be a general massacre of all the royal party, as the only expedient to secure the government...
414. oldal - He attempted those things which no good man durst have ventured on ; and achieved those in which none but a valiant and great man could have succeeded.