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Page 183 - He has the greatest art of concealing himselfe of any man alive, so that those about him cannot tell when he is ill or well pleased, and in private discourse he will hear all sorts of things in such a manner that a man cannot know whether he hears them or not, or whether he is well or ill pleased with them.
Page 184 - ... it is generally thought, that these have been very fatal to him and that the death of so many of his Children is owing to that. He is a zealous and hearty papist, of which he gave me this account, when he was in Flanders being in a Nunnery, a Nunn pressed him much about Religion and begged him to use...
Page 187 - He had likewise a great dexterity of engageing plain and well meaning men, that had no depth of understanding, to admire him and to depend on him, but even these were often disgusted with his vanity and indiscretion. He had turned often, but done it with dexterity and success and was proud of that, so that he would often set out the art that he had shewed in it and never seemed to be ashamed of the meanness or levity of shifting sides so often. He pretended, that in the beginning of the...
Page 185 - ... considering nothing but their fees), he who knew on whom the king intended that the grant should fall took all upon him, so that those who were disappointed laid the blame chiefly if not wholly upon him. He was apt to talk very imperiously and unmercifully, so that his manner of dealing with people was as provoking as the hard things themselves were; but upon the whole matter he was a true Englishman and a sincere Protestant, and what has passed at Court since his disgrace has sufficiently vindicated...
Page 19 - We continued marching along the river, till, coming in sight of the ennemy, who had passed it, and were drawing up. We marched off to the left, as well to leave ground to embattle the remainder that followed, as to extend our line equal with theirs, and finding them still streatching out towards their right, we held on our marche to the left.
Page 184 - ... if a church was to be submitted to, it was more reasonable that it should be the church of Rome than the church of England. He is very firm in his persuasion, but he has not inquired much into it and is very much devoted to his priests, yet when I knew him he seemed very positive in his opinion against all persecution for conscience sake...
Page 183 - ... opportunity. He has a strange notion of government, that everything is to be carried on in a high way and that no regard is to be had to the pleasing the people ; he has an ill opinion of any that proposes soft methods and thinks that is popularity ; but at the same time he always talks of...
Page 19 - Prior's wherein I served, was in Dulik Lane, enclosed with high banks, marching ten in rank ; the horse came on so unexpected, and with such speed, some firing their pistols, that we had no time to receive or shun them, but all the men supposing them to be ennemys (as indeed they were no better to us) took to their heels...
Page 18 - This night no word was given, but about midnight in great hurry ammunition delivered out, then orders to take down all our tents and send away the baggage; this done, the whole army drew out, without beat of drum and stood at their arms the whole night, exspecting the approach of the ennemy. Sunday the 29. (june 1690) about breake of day, no ennemy appearing, the army begun to march in two...
Page 183 - THE king is certainly the best bred man in the world; for the queen-mother observed often the great defects of the late king's breeding and the stiff roughness that was in him, by which he disobliged very many and did often prejudice his affairs very much; so she gave strict orders that the young princes should be bred to a wonderful civility.
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| Title | Englische Geschichte: vornehmlich im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, Volume 7 Englische Geschichte: vornehmlich im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert, Leopold von Ranke |
| Author | Leopold von Ranke |
| Publisher | Duncker und Humblot, 1868 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 19, 2007 |
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