 | Emily Cooper - Great Britain - 1877 - 560 pages
...must steer tho vessel through the tempests and rocks that threatened it. His power and interest were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, for his reputation of honesty was universal ; and his affections seemed so publicly guided that no... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - Anecdotes - 1880 - 842 pages
...tempests and rocks which 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 hath had in any time." Allaying a Storm. — It was Hampden who moved (November 22, 1641) that the Great Remonstrance, which... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...tempests and rocks which 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 tank hath had in any time." Allaying a Storm. — It was Hampden who moved (November 22, 1S41) that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - English literature - 1883 - 1254 pages
...tempests and rocks which 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 hath had ¡n any time j for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1885 - 916 pages
...tempests and rocks whieli threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were tues ? Was Oliver Cromwell, his hitterest enemies themselves being judges, destitute halh had in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publiely... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1885 - 504 pages
...tempests and rocks which 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, of than any man of his rank hath had in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and... | |
 | John Wood Warter - Great Britain - 1889 - 396 pages
...mischief ; yet he had said before, ' I am persuaded his power and interest at that time was greater to good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had at any time ; for his reputation for honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided,... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Biography - 1892 - 674 pages
...vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time was greater to do good, or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom." To him oelongs the chief credit for the admirable skill with which the Parliamentary struggle against... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Biography - 1892 - 674 pages
...vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time was greater to do good, or hurt, than any man's in the kingdom." To him belongs the chief credit for the admirable skill with which the Parliamentary struggle against... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 624 pages
...vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than...the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had at any time : for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided,... | |
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When this parliament began (being returned knight of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patria pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And... 
