Lives of British Statesmen, 2. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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11. oldal
... 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 obligation to follow his standard . Yet , unless within the limits of his ...
... 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 obligation to follow his standard . Yet , unless within the limits of his ...
12. oldal
... land , for the benefit of that recent conquest . When the representatives of the people , in con- sequence of great improvements in the state of the middle ranks , afterwards became a component part of the Parliament , they shared in ...
... land , for the benefit of that recent conquest . When the representatives of the people , in con- sequence of great improvements in the state of the middle ranks , afterwards became a component part of the Parliament , they shared in ...
15. oldal
... lands in the king- dom were held , provided an ample resource for the exigencies of war . In this state of things , the so- vereign had no temptation , beyond the suggestions of unreasonable passions , to encroach on the rights of his ...
... lands in the king- dom were held , provided an ample resource for the exigencies of war . In this state of things , the so- vereign had no temptation , beyond the suggestions of unreasonable passions , to encroach on the rights of his ...
20. oldal
... lands . The determined resistance which the Parliament made to the de mands of the bigoted but odious Mary , exalted its popularity , and placed it in a still more favour- able condition to avail itself of the distresses of the crown ...
... lands . The determined resistance which the Parliament made to the de mands of the bigoted but odious Mary , exalted its popularity , and placed it in a still more favour- able condition to avail itself of the distresses of the crown ...
21. oldal
... plies which they had granted . Yet she precipitat- ed the distresses of the crown by a large alienation See the speeches of Peter Wentworth in Hume , Chap . xl , James I. of the crown lands : and she put EARL OF STRAFFORD , 21.
... plies which they had granted . Yet she precipitat- ed the distresses of the crown by a large alienation See the speeches of Peter Wentworth in Hume , Chap . xl , James I. of the crown lands : and she put EARL OF STRAFFORD , 21.
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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.