 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1768 - 698 էջ
...authority, by further conceflions to the bifhops, in hopes of attaching them more firmly to his interests ; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...lefs than theirs, and made civil liberty appear to be interested in their defence. Thus he destroyed the only ground upon which he could ftand, and changed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1768 - 642 էջ
...by further conceffions to the biihops, in hopes of attaching them more Ürmly to his înteréfts ; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...which hurt the privileges of his temporal ba'rons no Ws than theirs, and made civil liberty appear to beinteretled in their defence. Thus he deflroyed the... | |
 | George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1777 - 534 էջ
...authority, by further conceffions to the bimops, in hopes of attaching them more firmly to his interefts ; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...Thus he deftroyed the only ground upon which he could Hand, and changed the nature of the queftioii between him and Matilda, making her caufe and her fon's... | |
 | 1800 - 596 էջ
...authority, by further concefljons to the biihops, in hopes of attaching them more firmly to his interefts; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...her caufe, and her fon's, the caufe of the nation, inftead of aperfonal claim of inheritance. His private life was better by far than his public conduft.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 600 էջ
...authority, by further conceffions to the bifhops, in hopes of attaching them more firmly to his interefts; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...lefs than theirs, and made civil liberty appear to be intereiled in their defence. Thus he deftroyed the only ground upon which he could ftand, and changed... | |
 | 1800 - 594 էջ
...authority, by further concédions to the biih'ops, in hopes of attaching them more firmly to his interéfts; and, when he ventured to quarrel with them, he did...manner, which hurt the privileges of his temporal baJOns no lefs than theirs, and made civiJ liberty appear to be intefcftcd in their defence. Thus he... | |
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... in their defence. Thus he deftroyed the only ground upon which he could ftand, and changed the nature of the queftion between him and Matilda, making her caufe, and her fon's, the caufe of the nation, inltead pf a perfonal claim of inheritance. 