 | Daniel Neal - England - 1837 - 716 pages
...•vol. 2. p. 622, folio ; and Palmer's Nonconformists' Memorial, vol. 2. p. 466.— ED. his affections so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them. He was indeed a very wise man, of great parts and modesty, and possessed of the most absolute spirit of popularity,... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...was greater to do good or hurt, than any man in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath held in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal,...that no corrupt or private ends could bias them." The causes of the dissolution of the Short Parliament, and the history of the second Scottish war which... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 706 pages
...power and interest, at that time, was greater 1643-] Character of Hambden. 85 to do good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank...debate, and of that seeming humility and submission of judgment, as if he brought no opinion with him, but a desire of information and instruction ; yet he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank...no corrupt or private ends could bias them He was indeed a very wise man and of great parts, and possessed with the most absolute spirit of popularity,... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 588 pages
...influence he possessed ; and as Clarendon said of another distinguished patriot, " his reputation for honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so...that no corrupt or private ends could bias them." In the following pages we have collected from many persons and volumes the fragmentary knowledge that... | |
 | 1840 - 598 pages
...influence he possessed ; and as Clarendon said of another distinguished patriot, " his reputation for honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so...that no corrupt or private ends could bias them." In the following pages we have collected from many persons and volumes the fragmentary knowledge that... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...and interest at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom, or than My man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation...debate, and of that seeming humility and submission of judgment, as if he brought no opinion, of his own with him, but a desire of information and instruction;... | |
 | 1868 - 414 pages
...country, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. His reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections...that no corrupt or private ends could bias them." Hampden fought not for selfish ends, but for a public principle. The Ship money imposed on him was... | |
 | Theology - 1851 - 620 pages
...be said of the subject of this memoir, omitting the words which imply a charge of insincerity — " He was of that rare affability and temper in debate, and of that humility and submission of judgment, as if he brought no opinion with him, but a desire of information... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank...so publicly guided that no corrupt or private ends would bias them." Of his ability as a public speaker, Clarendon says, " He was of that rare affability... | |
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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... 
