 | William Harris - 1814 - 542 pages
...been rejected, he would have sold all he had the next morning, and never have seen England more ; and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. So near was the poor kingdom at that time to its deliverance*." This reflection is added by his lordship... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1821 - 596 pages
...been rejected, he would have sold all he had the next morning, and never have seen England more ; and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. So near, says Clarendon, was the poor kingdom at that time to its deliverance. That memorable Remonstrance,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...been rejected, he would have sold all he had the next morning, and never have seen England more ; and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. So near, says Clarendon, was the poor kingdom at that time to its deliverance. That memorable Remonstrance,... | |
 | George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 652 pages
...monarch. Of this, the (Declaration by Oliver Cromwell (a man who cannot be justly accused of timidity) to Lord Falkland, on the day after the remonstrance...were many other honest men of the same resolution," — is a sufficient proof*. The remonstrance was voted on the 22d of No-King'i vember, and Charles... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1829 - 338 pages
...reiected, he would next day have sold all that he had, and never have seen England more ; adding•, that he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. The violence which already appeared in the lower branch of the legislature, was considerably inflamed by... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 pages
...been rejected, he would next day have sold all that he had, and never have seen England more ; adding, that he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. The violence which already appeared in the lower branch of the legislature, was considerably inflamed by... | |
 | George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent - Great Britain - 1832 - 488 pages
...theRemonstrance not been carried, ' he would instantly ' have sold all that he had, and gone to Ame* rica; and that he knew there were many ' other honest men of the same resolution.' * The opposition, thus vanquished, was not renewed, and the Remonstrance passed peaceably through its next... | |
 | Statesmen - 1838 - 380 pages
...been rejected, he vould have sold all he had the next morning, and never have seen England more ; and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution. So near," adds Clarendon, " was the poor kingdom at that time to its deliverance." The story, if taken... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 564 pages
...been rejected he would have sold all he had the next morning and never have seen England more, and he knew there were many other honest men of the same resolution." Having now, however, carried their point, the leaders resolved to use their advantage, and on the 1st... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 632 pages
...rejected, he would have sold all he had " the next morning, and never have seen England " more ; and he knew there were many other " honest men of the same resolution." So near was the poor kingdom at that time to its deliverance. And however they got this victory, they... | |
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... and whispered him in the ear, with some asseveration, " that if the remonstrance " had been rejected, he would have sold all he had " the next morning, and never have seen England " more ; and he knew there were many other " honest men of the same... 
