| John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 542 Seiten
...where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. As they did all sacrifice their honor and their interest to his pleasure, so there is nothing...demanded that either of them would have denied him. . . . those, and extirpate their families, who are friends to the old one. It was confidently reported... | |
| Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 710 Seiten
...but a shadow of the glory he had abroad. It was hard to discover, which feared him most, France, or Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship...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... | |
| Henri Veslot - 1905 - 400 Seiten
...with his good pleasure and courte'd his protection, he used great civility, generosity and bounty (2). To reduce three nations, which perfectly hated him,...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 (3) method... | |
| Hutton Webster - 1917 - 408 Seiten
...where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honor and their interest to his pleasure, so there is nothing he could have demanded that they would have denied him. . . . He was not a man of blood, and totally declined Machiavelli's method,2... | |
| Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 Seiten
...France, Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honour and their interest...demanded that either of them would have denied him. He would never suffer himself to be denied any thing he ever asked of the cardinal, alleging that the... | |
| Charles Townsend Copeland - 1926 - 1746 Seiten
...France, Spain, or the Low Countries, where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honour and their interest...them would have denied him. To manifest which, there need only two instances. The first is, when those of the valley of Lucerne had unwarily rebelled against... | |
| 1904 - 904 Seiten
...where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honor and their interest to his pleasure, so there is nothing...demanded that either of them would have denied him." Clarendon goes on to mention the two instances of his protection of the Protestants in Savoy and Languedoc.... | |
| 1904 - 1042 Seiten
...where his friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honor and their interest to his pleasure, so there is nothing he could have 308 309 demanded that either of them would have denied him." Clarendon goes on to mention the two instances... | |
| Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 Seiten
...those who were refractory, and dared to contend with his greatness, so towards all who complied w1th his good pleasure, and courted his protection, he...demanded, that either of them would have denied him. He was not a man of blood, and totally declined Machiavel's method;* which prescribes, upon any alteration... | |
| Barry Coward - 2002 - 260 Seiten
...he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honour and interest at his pleasure, so is there nothing he could have demanded that either of them would have denied him.3 This view was put into sharper focus as England's reputation plummeted in the later seventeenth... | |
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