Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions, 6. kötetHarding and Lepard, 1835 |
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2. oldal
... says Lord Clarendon ( having spoken of the surrender of Marlborough to the Royalists in December , 1642 ) , " was a little shadowed by the unfortunate loss of a very good regiment of horse within a very few days after ; for the Lord ...
... says Lord Clarendon ( having spoken of the surrender of Marlborough to the Royalists in December , 1642 ) , " was a little shadowed by the unfortunate loss of a very good regiment of horse within a very few days after ; for the Lord ...
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... say that if he had not under- standing enough to know the uprightness of the cause , nor loyalty to inform him of the duty of a subject , yet the very obligations of gratitude to the King , on the behalf of his house , were such , as ...
... say that if he had not under- standing enough to know the uprightness of the cause , nor loyalty to inform him of the duty of a subject , yet the very obligations of gratitude to the King , on the behalf of his house , were such , as ...
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... says " Une troisième flotte d'Angle- terre , commandée par le Generale Dambi , paroit à la vûe de la Rochelle . " Denbigh , left now to use his own discretion , seems to have made some spirited , though fruitless efforts ; for the same ...
... says " Une troisième flotte d'Angle- terre , commandée par le Generale Dambi , paroit à la vûe de la Rochelle . " Denbigh , left now to use his own discretion , seems to have made some spirited , though fruitless efforts ; for the same ...
6. oldal
... says Clarendon , " in the entrance of the town , and in the too eager pursuit of that loose troop of Horse that was in it , the Earl of Denbigh , who from the beginning of the war , with un- wearied pains , and exact submission to ...
... says Clarendon , " in the entrance of the town , and in the too eager pursuit of that loose troop of Horse that was in it , the Earl of Denbigh , who from the beginning of the war , with un- wearied pains , and exact submission to ...
1. oldal
... nature was excellent ; and that it is difficult to say which deserved most to be admired , the exactness of his own moral conduct , or his charitable judgment of that of others ; the sobriety or the acuteness of his understanding 1.
... nature was excellent ; and that it is difficult to say which deserved most to be admired , the exactness of his own moral conduct , or his charitable judgment of that of others ; the sobriety or the acuteness of his understanding 1.
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affairs affection afterwards appointed army became Buckingham castle character Charles Church command Council Court covenanters Cranfield Crown daughter death died dignity DUKE OF HAMILTON Earl of Arundel Earl of Denbigh Earl of Essex Earl of Holland eldest endeavours enemy engaged England estates father favour favourite force France friends Goring GRACE hath heir Henry honour horse House of Commons House of Peers James King King's kingdom lady late Laud length letter London Long Parliament Lord Capel Lord Clarendon Majesty marched Marquis married master means memoir military Montrose never noble nobleman occasion ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE Oxford Parliament party passed passion Peers person presently Prince Privy Queen rebels received religion says Lord Clarendon scarcely Scotland Scots Scottish shew Sir Edward Walker soon succeeded thought thousand pounds tion tonnage and poundage treaty troops unto Viscount wilbe William WILLIAM LAUD
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9. oldal - His stature was low, and smaller than most men ; his motion not graceful, and his aspect so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of simplicity ; and his voice the worst of the three, and so untuned that instead of reconciling-, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue ; and sure no man was ever less beholden to nature for its recommendation into the world.
9. oldal - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so glowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed Civil War than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.