 Pray, Mr Hampden, who is that man, for I see he is on our side by his speaking so warmly to-day?" — " That sloven," said Mr Hampden,prophetically, " whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech; that sloven, I say, if we should ever come...  Life of Oliver Cromwell - Page 43by Robert Southey - 1845 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
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...51, Edit. 1700. to-day.' " That sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." Oliver's ' uncourtly' appearance at this period, is also mentioned by Sir P. Warwick, who says, " The... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...51, Edit. 1709. to.day.' " That sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before yon, hath no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever...such a case, I say, that sloven will be the greatest mau in England." Oliver's ' uncourtly' appearance at this period, is also mentioned by Sir P. Warwick,... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 896 pages
...Edit. 1700. (o diiy.' " That sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech; that sloven, I say, if we should ever come to a lireach with the King, which God forbid! in such a case, I say, that sloven will be the greatest man... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 544 pages
...sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before us, who has no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, l say, if we should ever come to a breach with the king,...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." This prophecy, which was so fully accomplished, rose chiefly from the sense Hampden had of Cromwell's... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 542 pages
...sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before us, who has no ornament in his speech; that sloven, 1 say, if we should ever come to a breach with the king,...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." This prophecy, which was so fully accomplished, rose chiefly from the sense Hampden had of Cromwell's... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...so warmly to day ?" " That sloven," replied Hampden, " whom you see before MS, who has no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever come to a breach with VOL. III. Y the King, which God forbid ! in such a case, I say, that sloven will be the greatest man... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...was ; and Hampden is said to have replied, ' That sloven whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever...man whom ' friends and enemies acknowledged to be most eminent for prudence, piety and peaceable counsels.' That he was a man of consummate abilities... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...have replied, 'That sloven whom yon see before you, hath no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, 1 say, if we should ever come to a breach with the king...man whom ' friends and enemies acknowledged to be most eminent for prudence, piety and peaceable counsels.' That he was a man of consummate abilities... | |
 | 1821 - 604 pages
...he was ; and Hampden is said to have replied, 'That sloven whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever...be the greatest man in England.' Baxter has said of •rfi Hampden, that he was a man whom ' friends and enemies acknowledged to be most eminent for prudence,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...speaking so warmly to-day." — " That sloven,'' said Hampden, " whom you see hefore you has no ornament in his speech ; that sloven, I say, if we should ever come to a breach •with the King, (which God forhid !) in such a case, I say, that sloven will he the greatest man in England." Subsequent events... | |
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