Lives of British Statesmen, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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John Macdiarmid. At Cam- Being destined to inherit the honours and estate of the family , he was early initiated in the accom- plishments suitable to his rank ; and completed his literary education at St John's College , Cambridge ...
John Macdiarmid. At Cam- Being destined to inherit the honours and estate of the family , he was early initiated in the accom- plishments suitable to his rank ; and completed his literary education at St John's College , Cambridge ...
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... honour of both , that the friendship which they contracted was warm and permanent . So deeply impressed was Wentworth with the judgment and fidelity of his tutor , that , while he could retain him in his fa- mily , he uniformly ...
... honour of both , that the friendship which they contracted was warm and permanent . So deeply impressed was Wentworth with the judgment and fidelity of his tutor , that , while he could retain him in his fa- mily , he uniformly ...
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... honours as a means of pecuniary supply . Marriage and suc- cession . 1614 . Domestic avocations . About this time Wentworth married Margaret Clifford , the eldest daughter of the Earl of Cum- berland ; and in the following year he ...
... honours as a means of pecuniary supply . Marriage and suc- cession . 1614 . Domestic avocations . About this time Wentworth married Margaret Clifford , the eldest daughter of the Earl of Cum- berland ; and in the following year he ...
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... honour , he was at least dexterous in making matches among his courtiers . In his conversation , the same folly was softened by an appearance of innocence . He swore profanely , and often got drunk ; and when his senses returned , he ...
... honour , he was at least dexterous in making matches among his courtiers . In his conversation , the same folly was softened by an appearance of innocence . He swore profanely , and often got drunk ; and when his senses returned , he ...
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... honours ; and the general contempt , excited by this profusion of titles , was seen in pasquinades , purporting to be " aids to short memories in recol- lecting the new nobility . " But still more degrad- ed did honorary distinctions ...
... honours ; and the general contempt , excited by this profusion of titles , was seen in pasquinades , purporting to be " aids to short memories in recol- lecting the new nobility . " But still more degrad- ed did honorary distinctions ...
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Seite 406 - 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...
Seite 415 - 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...
Seite 268 - 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!
Seite 244 - That, having tried the affections of his people, he was loose and absolved from all rules of government, and...
Seite 406 - 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.
Seite 353 - ... 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.
Seite 263 - 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.
Seite 234 - 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.
Seite 415 - ... 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...
Seite 414 - 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.