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" was exceedingly disposed to please the king and to do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them. "
Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All ... - Page 442
by Arthur Collins - 1756
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The History and Antiquities of Selby: In the West Riding of the County of ...

William Wilberforce Morrell - Brayton (England) - 1867 - 416 pages
...Lord Clarendon says of this parliament that "it could never be hoped that more sober dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them ; nor could any man imagine what offence they had given which put the king upon...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 5

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 704 pages
...him service." " It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, " that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." In this Parliament Hampden took his seat as member for Buckinghamshire, and thenceforward,...
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Reviews and essays from 'The Edinburgh'.

Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 pages
...do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." In this Parliament Hampden took his seat as member for Buckinghamshire, and thenceforward,...
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Essays, reprinted from the Edinburgh review

Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...him service." " It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." In this Parliament Hampden took his seat as member for Buckinghamshire, and thenceforward,...
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The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to ..., Volume 2

Charles MacFarlane - 1876 - 928 pages
...misery in view which shortly after fell out. It could never be hoped that more sober and dispassionate men' would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them; nor could any man imagine what offence they had given which put the king upon that...
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Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 668 pages
...him service." " It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." In this Parliament Hampden took his seat as member for Buckinghamshire, and thenceforward,...
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Epochs and episodes of history

Epochs - 1882 - 794 pages
...anxious to serve His Majesty. " It could never be hoped," he says, " that more sober and dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." But the fact of their questioning the legality of ship-money, his favourite impost,...
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1882 - 878 pages
...him service." " It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, " that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them." In this Parliament Hampden took his seat as member for Buckinghamshire, and thenceforward,...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in ..., Volume 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1888 - 664 pages
...misery in view which shortly after fell out. It could never be hoped that more sober and dispassioned men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them ; nor could any man imagine what offence they had given which put the King to that...
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Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...him service." "It could never be hoped," lie observes elsewhere, " that more sober or dispassionate M N ] F j purposes with them." of grievance. The king sent a message to the Commons, offering, if they would...
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