 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...  Oliver Cromwell - Page 51by Michael Russell - 1910Full view - About this book
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 pages
...enemies acknowledged to be the most emi' nent for prudence," answered with a smile : " That ' sloven whom you see before you, hath no ornament in ' his speech : that sloven, I say, if we should ever conn' ' to a breach with the King (which God forbid!) — in ' such a case, I say, that sloven will... | |
 | George Van Santvoord - 1851 - 380 pages
...Hampden who that sloven was whom he had just heard speak in the House. Hampden answered — "If we ever come to a breach with the king, which God forbid...say that sloven will be the greatest man in England !" And well was the opinion of Hampden justified, and admirably was his prediction fulfilled. The sagacity... | |
 | Maria Elizabeth Budden - 1852 - 422 pages
...sloven, whom you see, who has no ornament but his speech, — that sloven, I say, if ever we should come to a breach with the king, which God forbid ! in such a case, that sloven will be the greatest man in England." Hampden thus shewed his knowledge of the skill and... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Great Britain - 1856 - 460 pages
...the least noble victim of that lamentable strife, his auditor remembered those prophetic words — " whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech....that sloven will be the greatest man in England." " Indeed ! " said Arden, thoughtfully, " indeed ! I had not thought of him so highly. And yet I do... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 668 pages
...Lord Digby to Hampden, in the early days of the Long Parliament. ' That sloven,' replied Hampden, ' whom you see before you hath no ornament in his speech...that sloven will be the greatest man in England.' Even he who uttered the prophecy could little have divined the extent to which it was to be fulfilled,... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1856 - 448 pages
...our side by his speaking so warmly to-day ?" " That His Eloquence. 59 sloven," answered Hampden, " whom you see before you hath no ornament in his speech...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." " That sloven" was Oliver Cromwell, the future Protector. Our country member, however, soon made himself... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...Lord Digby to Hampden, in the early days of the Long Parliament. ' That sloven,' replied Hampden, ' whom you see before you hath no ornament in his speech...that sloven will be the greatest man in England.' Even he who uttered the prophecy could little have divined the extent to which it was to be fulfilled,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1860 - 288 pages
...of a king but the changing of his hat into a crown ?" The following anecdote confirms still farther the same view of Cromwell's appearance when he became...should ever come to a breach with the king, which Sod forbid ! in such a case, I say, that sloven will be the greatest man in England." No wise panegyrist... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1860 - 300 pages
...full of fervour." "That sloven," said Hampden of him to lord Digby, " whom you see before you, lacks no ornament in his speech — that sloven, I say,...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." His public career from this point up to 1 653 will be incidentally gleaned from the preceding pages.... | |
 | James Birchall - Great Britain - 1861 - 760 pages
...hearkened unto." "That sloven," said Hampden of him to Lord Digby, soon after the Long Parliament met, " whom you see before you, hath no ornament in his speech...that sloven will be the greatest man in England." • The following Royalist Epigram upon the Parnament's Benef i, will illustrate this title, and show... | |
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