Lives of British Statesmen, 2. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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308. oldal
... royalists ; and heard , from some , distressing doubts of the justice of the cause in which they were engaged . Sir Edward Varney , a gentleman of unshaken loy- alty and distinguished courage , one day compli- mented him on the ...
... royalists ; and heard , from some , distressing doubts of the justice of the cause in which they were engaged . Sir Edward Varney , a gentleman of unshaken loy- alty and distinguished courage , one day compli- mented him on the ...
318. oldal
... royal- ists , instead of softening , had exasperated their minds ; and a community in misery seemed to give a new edge to their mutual resentments . Re- duced from a licentious prodigality to galling po- verty , they grasped , without ...
... royal- ists , instead of softening , had exasperated their minds ; and a community in misery seemed to give a new edge to their mutual resentments . Re- duced from a licentious prodigality to galling po- verty , they grasped , without ...
339. oldal
... royalists as so essential to their cause , that no means appeared nefarious which could effect that object . It is not to be concealed that even Hyde encouraged the attempts of Captain Titus and others to remove Cromwell by assassina ...
... royalists as so essential to their cause , that no means appeared nefarious which could effect that object . It is not to be concealed that even Hyde encouraged the attempts of Captain Titus and others to remove Cromwell by assassina ...
343. oldal
... this confusion , the affairs of private life proceeded in their usual channel . Men heard of the successive changes as if they were nowise con- General Monk . cerned ; and the royalists began to EARL OF CLARENDON . $ 48.
... this confusion , the affairs of private life proceeded in their usual channel . Men heard of the successive changes as if they were nowise con- General Monk . cerned ; and the royalists began to EARL OF CLARENDON . $ 48.
344. oldal
... royalists . At length the temptation of his liberty and a superior command induced him to enter into the service of Cromwell and so well did he prove his fidelity to the Protector , that he was received into his entire confidence , and ...
... royalists . At length the temptation of his liberty and a superior command induced him to enter into the service of Cromwell and so well did he prove his fidelity to the Protector , that he was received into his entire confidence , and ...
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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.