Monk's Contemporaries: Biographic Studies on the English RevolutionBohn, 1851 - 195 pages |
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... became the text of a serious accusation which was vigorously urged against them , in the House of Commons , by the Independent party . Hollis was the special object of their abhorrence . They endeavoured to separate Whitelocke from his ...
... became the text of a serious accusation which was vigorously urged against them , in the House of Commons , by the Independent party . Hollis was the special object of their abhorrence . They endeavoured to separate Whitelocke from his ...
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... became the declared and personal adversary of Cromwell , Ireton , and all the leading Independents , attacking them in the House , denouncing them to the people ; incessantly employed in pre- dicting their crimes and unveiling their ...
... became the declared and personal adversary of Cromwell , Ireton , and all the leading Independents , attacking them in the House , denouncing them to the people ; incessantly employed in pre- dicting their crimes and unveiling their ...
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... became the real ambassadress of her brother to Louis XIV . , and of Louis XIV . to her brother . On the 22nd of November , 1664 , M. de Lionne wrote to the Count de Comenge : - " His majesty has not forgotten to give his best thanks to ...
... became the real ambassadress of her brother to Louis XIV . , and of Louis XIV . to her brother . On the 22nd of November , 1664 , M. de Lionne wrote to the Count de Comenge : - " His majesty has not forgotten to give his best thanks to ...
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... became as melan- choly as his relations with the court of France were unplea- sant . " I have received yours of June 27th , most welcome to me , " he wrote in confidence , on the 19th of July , 1664 , to his friend Sir William Morrice ...
... became as melan- choly as his relations with the court of France were unplea- sant . " I have received yours of June 27th , most welcome to me , " he wrote in confidence , on the 19th of July , 1664 , to his friend Sir William Morrice ...
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... became a common solicitor , not only on public affairs , but even on private matters of justice . And he was apt to do this upon the solicitation of any of the ladies in favour , or of any that had credit with them . He knew well on ...
... became a common solicitor , not only on public affairs , but even on private matters of justice . And he was apt to do this upon the solicitation of any of the ladies in favour , or of any that had credit with them . He knew well on ...
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Page 181 - The particular you mention has indeed been mentioned to me, as a secret ; I am sorry I ever knew it ; and when it ceases to be a secret, it will please none but MR. MILTON...
Page 68 - ... he fell from his duty, and all his former friends, and prostituted himself to the vile office of celebrating the infamous acts of those who were in rebellion against the King ; which he did so meanly, that he seemed to all men to have lost his wits when he left his honesty; and so shortly after died miserable and neglected, and deserves to be forgotten.
Page 77 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
Page 32 - high carriages' of Holies and Company, he whispers Edmund Ludlow who sat by him, " These men will never leave till the Army pull them out by the ears...
Page 121 - I entertained myself with elder company, to whom I was very acceptable ; and living in the house with many persons that had a great deal of wit, and very profitable serious discourses being frequent at my father's table and in my mother's drawing-room, I was very attentive to all, and gathered up things that I would utter again to great admiration of many that took my memory and imitation for wit.
Page 42 - That which we fought for,' said I, ' that the nation might be governed by its own consent.' ' I am,' said he, ' as much for a government by consent as any man ; but where shall we find that consent...