Lives of British Statesmen, 2. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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... Dangerous illness . In the Eng- lish parliament , April 1640. Appointed to command the troops . Adverse affairs . His mistaken views . Difficul ties . Summoned to parliament , November 1640. Im- peached of high treason . Articles of ...
... Dangerous illness . In the Eng- lish parliament , April 1640. Appointed to command the troops . Adverse affairs . His mistaken views . Difficul ties . Summoned to parliament , November 1640. Im- peached of high treason . Articles of ...
vi. oldal
... Dangerous illness . In the Eng- lish parliament , April 1640. Appointed to command the troops . Adverse affairs . His mistaken views . Difficul ties . Summoned to parliament , November 1640. Im- peached of high treason . Articles of ...
... Dangerous illness . In the Eng- lish parliament , April 1640. Appointed to command the troops . Adverse affairs . His mistaken views . Difficul ties . Summoned to parliament , November 1640. Im- peached of high treason . Articles of ...
4. oldal
... dangerous revolutions of an arbitra- ry government ; Henry IV . , the best of princes , assassinated by a fanatic ; Sully , the most virtuous of ministers , disgraced by the intrigues of a court ; another daughter of Medicis at the head ...
... dangerous revolutions of an arbitra- ry government ; Henry IV . , the best of princes , assassinated by a fanatic ; Sully , the most virtuous of ministers , disgraced by the intrigues of a court ; another daughter of Medicis at the head ...
37. oldal
... obsolete accusa- tion , put to death , at the instance of the Spaniards , whom he had offended by some attacks on their South American settlements , 1621 . aristocracy , more dangerous from their station and EARL OF STRAFFORD . 37.
... obsolete accusa- tion , put to death , at the instance of the Spaniards , whom he had offended by some attacks on their South American settlements , 1621 . aristocracy , more dangerous from their station and EARL OF STRAFFORD . 37.
38. oldal
John Macdiarmid. 1621 . aristocracy , more dangerous from their station and influence , were farther exasperated by the arro- gance of the favourite , Buckingham . That mi- nion , having acquired a complete ascendancy over his master ...
John Macdiarmid. 1621 . aristocracy , more dangerous from their station and influence , were farther exasperated by the arro- gance of the favourite , Buckingham . That mi- nion , having acquired a complete ascendancy over his master ...
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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.