Lives of British Statesmen, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
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... 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 succeeded , by the ...
... 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 succeeded , by the ...
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... means to in- terest in his favour William Duke of Buckingham , who at that period governed the councils of King James , he meditated a restoration to his former of fice . At his instance the duke wrote to Went- worth , informing him ...
... means to in- terest in his favour William Duke of Buckingham , who at that period governed the councils of King James , he meditated a restoration to his former of fice . At his instance the duke wrote to Went- worth , informing him ...
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... means . In a letter to the secre- tary , " I have heard , " says he , " that when Sir Francis Darcy opposed Sir Thomas Lake in a mat- Strafford's Letters , Vol . I. p . 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 . ter of like nature , the lords of the council 10 ...
... means . In a letter to the secre- tary , " I have heard , " says he , " that when Sir Francis Darcy opposed Sir Thomas Lake in a mat- Strafford's Letters , Vol . I. p . 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 . ter of like nature , the lords of the council 10 ...
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... dress to the same violent means by which the inju- ries had been inflicted . With arms in their hands , and an escort of military vassals in their train , they came to the national council , compelled the monarch EARL OF STRAFFORD . 13.
... dress to the same violent means by which the inju- ries had been inflicted . With arms in their hands , and an escort of military vassals in their train , they came to the national council , compelled the monarch EARL OF STRAFFORD . 13.
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... means beyond their military force , to secure themselves against his in- justice . Only a few reigns , however , had elapsed , before the relative condition of the sovereign and the subject had undergone a material change . The ...
... means beyond their military force , to secure themselves against his in- justice . Only a few reigns , however , had elapsed , before the relative condition of the sovereign and the subject had undergone a material change . The ...
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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.