 He was rather of reputation in his own country than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom, before the business of ship-money ; but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who and what he was that durst, at his own charge, support...  Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendix - Page 276by Andrew Johnson - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1849 - 570 pages
...than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom before the business of ship-money : but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who...rescue his country from being made a prey to the court. His carriage, throughout that agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1849 - 584 pages
...than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom before the business of ship-money : but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who...rescue his country from being made a prey to the court. His carriage, throughout that agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 368 pages
...of reputation in his own country than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom; but then he grew the argument of all tongues , every man inquiring...durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and prosperity of the kingdom." Towards the close of the year 1636, this great cause came on in the Exchequer... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...the business of shipmoney. But then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who or what he was, that durst at his own charge support the liberty and property of the country, as he thought, from being the prey of the Court. His carriage throughout this agitation was... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...of reputation in his own county, than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom; but then he grew The arts both of war and policy, which a few years...successfully employed by the English, were first understood a prosperity of the kingdom." Towards the close of the year 1636, this great cause came on in the Exchequer... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...Clarendon, a supporter of the king, testifies of Hampden that, in this momentous contest, "he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who...and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court ;" and he adds that "his carriage throughout this... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...business of ship-money : but then lie grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who or what he was, that durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and property of the country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court. His carriage throughout this agitation... | |
 | Art - 1854 - 870 pages
...than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom, before the business of shipmoney ; but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who...and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country as he thought from being made a prey to the court." Hampden, as member for his own county, Buckinghamshire,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - America - 1855 - 436 pages
...of reputation in his own county, than of public discourse or fame in the kingdom ; but then he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who...durst, at his own charge, support the liberty and prosperity of the kingdom."* Hampden, as the representative of the people, tried the question of the... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...the illegal demand of ship-money ; concerning which action even Lord Clarendon says, that " he grew the argument of all tongues, every man inquiring who, and what he was, that durst, at his own expense and peril, support the liberty and property of the kingdom, and rescue his country, as he thought,... | |
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