Discourse on the Character and Services of John Hampden: And the Great Struggle for Popular and Constitutional Liberty in His Time, Volumen115Shepherd and Colin, 1845 - 68 páginas |
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... House of Lords , which , in the last Parlia- ment , had refused their concurrence in establishing this great principle of English liberty . The King , in- censed and alarmed at the increasing energy of the Commons , precipitately ...
... House of Lords , which , in the last Parlia- ment , had refused their concurrence in establishing this great principle of English liberty . The King , in- censed and alarmed at the increasing energy of the Commons , precipitately ...
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... Lord Chancellor which he then held , and his own still higher name , by yielding to the prevailing official ... House of Lords , " beseeching their Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed , ” and the affecting allusion to his ...
... Lord Chancellor which he then held , and his own still higher name , by yielding to the prevailing official ... House of Lords , " beseeching their Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed , ” and the affecting allusion to his ...
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... Lord Keeper , expressly commanded the Commons not to meddle with his Minister and Ser- vant , and as if to exhibit his contempt for the House , he caused Buckingham , by an open exertion of the interest of the Court , to be chosen ...
... Lord Keeper , expressly commanded the Commons not to meddle with his Minister and Ser- vant , and as if to exhibit his contempt for the House , he caused Buckingham , by an open exertion of the interest of the Court , to be chosen ...
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... House , though he rarely took part in the public debates , was evidently impressed upon the movement and action of ... Lords and Commons . Having achieved this great work , which , if any thing could , seemed to promise some security in ...
... House , though he rarely took part in the public debates , was evidently impressed upon the movement and action of ... Lords and Commons . Having achieved this great work , which , if any thing could , seemed to promise some security in ...
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... Lord Kimbolton of the House of Lords , and Pym , Hampden , Hollis , Sir Arthur Hazelrig and Strode of the House of Commons , upon grounds and allega- tions of criminality which involved in one common guilt all the members of the patriot ...
... Lord Kimbolton of the House of Lords , and Pym , Hampden , Hollis , Sir Arthur Hazelrig and Strode of the House of Commons , upon grounds and allega- tions of criminality which involved in one common guilt all the members of the patriot ...
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Página 28 - No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke ; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 28 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 65 - If you take away the law, all things will fall into a confusion. Every man will become a law to himself, which, in the depraved condition of human nature, must needs produce many great enormities. Lust will become a law, and envy will become a law ; covetousness and ambition will become laws; and what dictates, what decisions such laws will produce may easily be discerned in the late government of Ireland!
Página 41 - His carriage throughout this agitation was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony.
Página 27 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
Página 40 - But then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was that durst at his own charge support the liberty and property of the kingdom and rescue his country from being made a prey to the court.
Página 24 - He sent for the Journals of the House, and with his own hand tore out the pages which contained it. " I will govern," he said, "according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.
Página 40 - ... he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was, that durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court.
Página 61 - I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do, good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 26 - He was indeed a very wise man, and of great parts, and possessed with the most absolute spirit of popularity, and the most absolute faculties to govern the people, of any man I ever knew.