 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1707 - 496 Seiten
...value he put upon it. As they did all facrifice their Honour, and their Intereft, to his Pleafure, fo there is nothing he could have demanded, that either of them would have denied him. To manifeft which, there needs only two Inftances. The firft is, when thofc of the Valley of Lucer» had... | |
 | Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1717 - 502 Seiten
...value he put upon it. As they did all facrifice their Honour, and their Intereft, to his Pleafure, fo there is nothing he could have demanded, that either of them would would have denied him. To manifeft which , there needs only two Inftances. The firit is, when thofe... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 Seiten
...put .upon it. As they did all sacrifice their honour, and their interest, to his ^pleasure, so their is nothing he could have demanded, that either of them would have denied him. To conclude his character, Cromwell was not so far a man of blood, as to follow Machiavel's method; which... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1807 - 716 Seiten
...value he put upon it. As they did all facrifice fheir honour and their intereft to his pleafure, fb there is nothing he could have demanded, that either of them would have denied him. To manifeft which, there' needs only two inftances. The firft is, when thofe Tw ° '"of the valley of... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 526 Seiten
...upon it. For, as they all sacrificed their honour and their interests to his pleasure, so there was nothing he could have demanded that either of them would have denied him."* The truth of this representation, and, in some measure, the pertinency of these reflections, will appear... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1821 - 668 Seiten
...it : that as they did all sacrifice their honour and their interest to his pleasure, so there •was nothing he could have demanded that either of them...denied him. — To manifest which, there needs only to be mentioned one instance amongst many : — when those of the valley of Lucern had unwarily risen... | |
 | 1821 - 688 Seiten
...France, Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it: that as they did all sacrifice their honour and their interest to his pleasure, so there was nothing he could have demanded that either of them would have denied him. — To manifest which,... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 668 Seiten
...complied with his good pleasure, and courted. xv' his protection, he used great civility", generosity, and bounty. To reduce three nations, which perfectly...ininstances. The first is, when those of the valley of ',1*°' Lucerne had unwarily risen in armsb against the"™, duke of Savoy, which gave occasion to... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 666 Seiten
...complied with his good pleasure, and courted xv" his protection, he used great civility a, generosity, and bounty. To reduce three nations, which perfectly...denied him. To manifest which, there needs only two TWO in. instances. The first is, when those of the valley of Lucerne had unwarily risen in armsb against... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 Seiten
...who complied with his good pleasure, and courted his protection, he used great civility, generosity, and bounty. To reduce three nations, which perfectly...denied him. To manifest which there needs only two instances. The first is, when those of the valley of Lucerne had unwarily risen in arms against the... | |
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But his greatness at home was but a shadow of the glory he had abroad. It was hard to discover which feared him most, France, Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. As they did all sacrifice their honour... 
