 I desire to be heard in," he added, " and do hope that for Christian charity's sake I shall be believed. I was so far from being against parliaments, that I did always think parliaments in England to be the happy constitution of the kingdom and nation,...  Robert Browning's Prose Life of Strafford - Page 148by Robert Browning, John Forster - 1892 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1803 - 818 pages
...against parliaments, that I did always think parliaments in England to 'be the happy constitution or the kingdom and nation, and the best means, under God, to make the king and h¡s people happy. As for my death, 1 do herejicmercies of Jesus Christ my Saviour, into whose bosom... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1835 - 394 pages
...for Christian charity's sake I shall be believed. I was so far from being against parliaments, that I did always think parliaments in England to be the...under God, to make the king and his people happy." After addressing his brother respecting his family, in a strain of domestic affection the most moving,... | |
 | Statesmen - 1836 - 446 pages
...Christian charity's sake I shall be believed. I was so far from being against .parliaments, that 1 did always think parliaments in England to be the...means, under God, to make the king and his people happy."1 He then turned to take leave of the friends who had accompanied him to the scaffold. He beheld... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 568 pages
...reformation in letters of blood ; he assured them he had never been against parliaments, regarding them as "the best means under God to make the king and his people happy." He turned to take leave of his friends, and seeing his brother weeping, he gently reproached him. "... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 686 pages
...for Christian charity sake I shall be believed : I was so far from being against parliaments, that I did always think parliaments in England to be the...under God, to make the king and his people happy." He then said a few affectionate words about his fourth wife and his children, took off his doublet,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1841 - 366 pages
...parliaments, that I have always thought parliaments in England to be the happy constitution of the kingdom, and the best means under God to make the king and his people happy." He then turned to take leave of his friends. To each he affectionately gave his hand. " Gentlemen,"... | |
 | Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...in letters of blood; he assured them that he had never been against parliaments, regarding them as the best means under GOD to make the king and his people happy. He turned to take leave of his friends, and seeing his brother weeping, he gently reproached him. "... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...kingdom and na•"-4 or blemished, more than my right eye."- Vol. i., p. tioni an(j the begt meanSi under God, to make the king and his people happy."...is " fully persuaded to condescend to the present calling of a Parliament" — the notice of the villanous juggle of the "two sessions," with which the... | |
 | John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...Christian charity's sake I shall be believed. I was so far from being «gainst Parliaments, that I did always think Parliaments in England to be the...under God, to make the king and his people happy."* He then turned to take leave of the friends who had accompanied him to the scaffold. He beheld his... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Great Britain - 1852 - 412 pages
...parliaments, that I have always thought parliaments in England to be the happy constitution of the kingdom ! and the best means under God to make the king and his people happy." He then turned to take leave of his friends. To each he affectionately gave his hand. " Gentlemen,"... | |
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