 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...sbip-mooey with such singular temper and modesty, that he actually obta;oed more credit and ad. vantage by losing it, than the King did service by gaining it. The eyes of all men were then fixed upon him as their pater putria:, and the pilot that must steer the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 544 pages
...himself, a» Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it, than the king did service by gaining it. From this time he soon grew to be one of the most popular men in the nation, and a leading member in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 536 pages
...himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it, than the king did service by gaining it. From this time he soon grew to be one of the most popular men in the nation, and a leading member in... | |
 | Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it, than the king did service by gaining it. From this time he soon grew to be one of the most popular men in the nation, and a leading member in... | |
 | Biography - 1819 - 404 pages
...temper, that he actually ohtained more credit and advantnge hy lacing it, than the king did service hy gaining it." The poet Edmund Waller was also the nephew...uncle's principles. — But with respect to Hampden, A nigh demnt lent nmlun с to In. fame, Virtue, not hirth, dutmrviih'd hu great name. GEOROE KBEliKRic... | |
 | Biography - 1819 - 286 pages
...temper, that he nctually ohtained more credit and advantnge hy losing it, than the king did service hy gaining it." The poet Edmund Waller was also the nephew...uncle's principles.— But with respect to Hampden, OLIVER CROMWELL. THIS elevated charncter, so highly distinguished in English history, was the son of... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 376 pages
...himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it, than the king did service by gaining it. The infamous judgment given by the judges on this cause, only roused the nation to a more serious attention... | |
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...Clarendon, declares, he carried himself through the whole suit with such singular temper and modesty that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it than the king did service by gaining it. Indeed, nothing more is necessary , in order to conv ince posterity that Hampden was at once one of... | |
 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it than the king did service by 88 gaining it The infamous judgment given by the judges on this cause only roused the nation to a more... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more credit and advantage by losing it than the king did service by gaining it. The infamous judgment given by the judges on this cause only roused the nation to a more serious attention... | |
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... till 1636, when he became universally known, by a solemn trial at the king's bench, on his refusing to pay the ship-money. He carried himself, as Clarendon tells us, through this whole suit with such singular temper and modesty, that he obtained more... 