Political Conferences Between Several Great Men, in the Last and Present Century1781 |
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Էջ 14
... offered himself a willing facrifice , at the altar of democracy , for the peace of the King and the kingdom . He was taken at his word , and the King repented of the weakness of confenting to his death , to the last moment of his own ...
... offered himself a willing facrifice , at the altar of democracy , for the peace of the King and the kingdom . He was taken at his word , and the King repented of the weakness of confenting to his death , to the last moment of his own ...
Էջ 47
... undevoted , he was illegally offered up to the injured manes of Lord Strafford , whofe attainder was reversed the first feffions . Another word about this ex- traordinary traordinary man , extraordinary in his afpect , as well ( 47 )
... undevoted , he was illegally offered up to the injured manes of Lord Strafford , whofe attainder was reversed the first feffions . Another word about this ex- traordinary traordinary man , extraordinary in his afpect , as well ( 47 )
Էջ 49
... offering him any favours in return . This fhews his importance at the moment . Vane's phrenfy for the good old Cause , as he called it upon the fcaffold , prevented him from hearken- ing to the diftrefs of the King . This fupplica- tion ...
... offering him any favours in return . This fhews his importance at the moment . Vane's phrenfy for the good old Cause , as he called it upon the fcaffold , prevented him from hearken- ing to the diftrefs of the King . This fupplica- tion ...
Էջ 51
... offering to the King , for what he had done against his prerogative and interest . He was a man of excellent talents , of great candour , and ( as Guthrie expreffes it ) one whom we may call , in law and politics , a conftitutional free ...
... offering to the King , for what he had done against his prerogative and interest . He was a man of excellent talents , of great candour , and ( as Guthrie expreffes it ) one whom we may call , in law and politics , a conftitutional free ...
Էջ 68
... offered to me . When I reproved the latter for his prefumption , he told me , he fhould not afk * my leave to follow the dictates of his confcience , in that House . He pleaded confcience for acting on one fide , as do on the other ...
... offered to me . When I reproved the latter for his prefumption , he told me , he fhould not afk * my leave to follow the dictates of his confcience , in that House . He pleaded confcience for acting on one fide , as do on the other ...
Common terms and phrases
affert againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer army becauſe beſt buſineſs cauſe Clarendon commiffions confcience CONFERENCE confidence conftitution converfation Court Crom Cromwell Crown defign defire DESBOROUGH Duke Editor England expreffed expreffion fafe faid fame favour fays fervice fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon friends fubject fuch fuffer fword greateſt Hampden Hiftory himſelf honour Houfe Houſe Houſe of Commons impoffible intereft itſelf Jacobites King King's laft laſt Lenthal liberty Long Parliament Lord Clarendon Lord Danby Lord Protector Lord Somers Lord Strafford maſter meaſures Memoirs ment Minifter Monarchy moſt muft muſt myſelf nation neceffary obferve occafion Oliver Cromwell oppofition paffed Parliament party perfon pleaſure poffible preferved prevent Prince Prince of Orange purpoſe raiſed reaſon reign Reſtoration Revolution ſhall Sir Harry Vane ſome ſpeak ſpirit Strafford themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Tories truſted uſe WALPOLE Whigs whilft Whitlock whofe wiſh yourſelf
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Էջ 188 - Seen him I have, but in his happier hour Of social pleasure, ill exchanged for power; Seen him, uncumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe.
Էջ 191 - ... beggared in our times the nation he enslaved in his. There is a tradition, I have heard it from persons who lived in those days, and I believe it came from Thurloe, that Cromwell was in treaty with Spain, and ready to turn his arms against France when he died. If this fact was certain^ as little as I honour his memory, I should have some regret that he died so soon.
Էջ 101 - ... House with a threadbare, torn cloak, and a greasy hat (and perhaps neither of them paid for), could have suspected, that, in the space of so few years, he should, by the murder of one king and the banishment of another, ascend the throne, be invested in the royal robes, and want nothing of the state of a king but the changing of his hat into a crown...
Էջ 164 - tis a foul like thine : A foul fupreme, in each hard inftance try'd, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride ; The rage of power, the blaft of public breath, The luft of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deferts thy retreat is made ; The Mufe attends thee to thy filent fhade : 'Tis hers, the brave.
Էջ 139 - Somers, he ought to do it openly and freely, and ask him plainly what he and his friends can do, and will do, and what they expect, and the methods they would propose. By this the king will come to make a judgment of his affairs, and he may be sure that my Lord Somers will desire nothing for himself, or any of the impeached lords, but will take as much care not to perplex the king's business as can be desired ; and if he...
Էջ 165 - I congratulate you upon the pleasure you must needs have in looking back upon the true fortitude with which you have passed through the dangers arising from the rage of the people and the envy of the rest of the world.
Էջ 182 - ... this country, and which (if not checked, and God knows how it can be now checked) must ruin it.
Էջ 139 - ... propose. By this the king will come to make a judgment of his affairs, and he may be sure that my Lord Somers will desire nothing for himself, or any of the impeached lords, but will take as much care not to perplex the king's business as can be desired ; and if he can do nothing his majesty shall like, he will remain still zealous and affectionate to his person and government.
Էջ 100 - His merit was so extraordinary, that our judgments, our passions, ' might be blinded by it. He made his way to empire by the most illustrious actions ; he had under his command an army that had made him a conqueror, and a people that had made him their general.
Էջ 173 - Malplaquet, was trying the fvvord with which he had fought at Oudenarde, and was for putting himfelf at the head of his guards, aflembled in the court of the palace, in order to fupport, with firmnefs, his EXCISE fcheme.