 | N. A. M. Rodger - 2005 - 1022 Seiten
...friendship was current at the value he put upon it. And as they did all sacrifice their honour and interest to his pleasure, so there is nothing he could...have demanded that either of them would have denied him.41 All this naval power was exercised to defend the regime, meaning the army. It was not applied... | |
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...P'rance, 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." 19. two millions a year. This alludes to the 'Humble petition and advice ' by which there was assigned... | |
 | Edward Hyde of Clarendon - 1707 - 500 Seiten
...he put upon it. As they did all facrifice their Honour, and their Intcreft, to his Pleafure, fo rhae is nothing he could have demanded, that either of them would have denied him. Tomanifeft which, there needs only two Inftances. The firft is, when thofe of the Valley of fa, i«fl**.... | |
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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... 
