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" And who that had beheld such a bankrupt, beggarly fellow as Cromwell, first entering the Parliament House, with a threadbare, torn cloak and greasy hat (and, perhaps, neither of them paid for), could have suspected that, in the space of so few years he... "
Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: Oliver Cromwell. By John Forster - Page 43
1838
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An Impartial Examination of the Fourth Volume of Mr. Daniel Neal's History ...

Zachary Grey - 1739 - 618 pages
...Years, he fhould by the Murder of one King, and Banifhrncnc of another, afcend the Throne, be inverted in the Royal Robes and want nothing of the State of a King but the changing his Hat into a Crown. (r) Sir Philip Warwick fay« (Memoirs p. 381.) ' That a Purple Velwt Robe lined...
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Boscobel: or, The history of his sacred majesties ... preservation after the ...

Thomas Blount - 1748 - 228 pages
...he fhould, by the Murder of one King, and the Banifhment of another, afcend the Throne, be inverted in the Royal Robes, and want nothing of the State...a King, but the changing of his Hat into a Crown. Idem. f »_>' ....-'•?•' * ...
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A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great ..., Volume 1, Part 2

James Granger - Great Britain - 1769 - 314 pages
...picturefque defcriptton of his perfon, in Sir Philip Warwick's " Me« thing •* thing of the ftate of a king, but the changing of his hat " into a crown *." Sir- JOHNHOTHAM, (a member of the houfe of commons) governor of Hull ; on horfeback ; 4/0. Sir...
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Political Conferences Between Several Great Men, in the Last and Present Century

Thomas Tyers - 1781 - 218 pages
...of another, afcend the throne, be irr" vefted in the royal robes, and wanting nothing " of the ftate of a King, but the changing of his " hat into a crown ?" Betheil contends, that in his foreign, conduit he (hewed little regard for the intereft of his country,...
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Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an ..., Volume 1

Mark Noble - Great Britain - 1784 - 534 pages
...baniihment of another, afcend the * throne, be inverted in the royal robes, and want no* thing of the ftate of a king, but the changing of his « hat into a crown.' This is the language of a fcvere fatirift, and one who was as lavifh in the fulfome compliments to...
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Memoirs of the Protectorate-house of Cromwell: Deduced from an ..., Volume 1

Mark Noble - 1784 - 516 pages
...banifhment of another, afcend the * throne, be inverted in the royal robes, and want no' thing of the ftate of a king, but the changing of his * hat into a crown.' This is the language of a fevere fatirilt, and one who was as lavifh in the fulfome compliments to...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 12

History - 1800 - 580 pages
...of another, afcend the " throne, be invcftcd in the royal " robes, and wanted nothing of " the ftate of a king, but the " changing of his hat into a " crown." Oliver Cromwell united, in a very high decree, the characters of the politician and general ; and occr.frmally...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 12

History - 1800 - 586 pages
...bar.ifhment of another, afccnd the throne, be invefted in the royal robes, and wanted nothing of the ftate of a king, but the changing of his hat into a crown." Oliver Cronr.vell united, in a very high degree, the characters of the politician and general ; and...
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 9

1805 - 510 pages
...cloke and a greasy hat (and neither of them, perhaps, paid for,) could have supposed in the §pace of so few years, he should, by the murder of one king, and banishment of another, ascend the throne, be invested in the royal robes, and want nothing of the state...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 28

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 518 pages
...threadhare torn cloak, greasy hat (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 hanishment of another, ascend the throne t" At this, the king is said to have fallen into a violent...
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