... abilities of his, whereof God hath given him the use, but the devil the application. In a word, I believe him to be still that grand apostate to the Commonwealth, who must not expect to be pardoned in this world till he be dispatched to the other.... Prose Life of Strafford - Page 264by Robert Browning - 1892 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1810 - 556 pages
...ventured on, and the malignity of them hugely aggravated by those rare abilities of his, whereof God hath given him the use, but the devil the application....conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off. Let me unfold to you the mystery, Mr. Speaker : I will not dwell much upon justifying unto you my seeming... | |
| William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 544 pages
...pardoned in this world, till he be dispatched to the other. And yet let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hfidd must not be to that dispatch. I protest, as my conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off. Let me unfold to you the mystery, Mr. Speaker : I will not dwell much upon justifying unto you my seeming... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1835 - 394 pages
...despatched to the other*, and yet let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hand must not be to that despatch : I protest, as my conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off."t Lord Digby spoke with fervour ; but he had denied with equal fervour all knowledge of the abstraction... | |
| Statesmen - 1836 - 446 pages
...receded. Lord Digby was the principal of these. " Truly, sir," he said, on the discussion of the 'hill, " I am still the same in my opinions and affections,...earnestly offered to swear, that he knew nothing of a certain copy of important notes which had been lost, though they were afterwards found in his handwriting,... | |
| John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...despatched to the other ; and yet, let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hand must not be to that despatch. I protest, as my conscience stands informed, I had...earnestly offered to swear that he knew nothing of a certain copy of important notes which had been lost, though they were afterward found in his handwriting... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 968 pages
...ventured on; and the malignity of them greatly aggravated by those rare abilities of his, whereof God hath given him the use, but the devil the application....conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off. Let me unfold to you the mystery, Mr. Speaker : I will not dwell much upon justifying to you my seeming... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...world till he be dispatched to the other. And yet let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hand •nuit not he to that dispatch. I protest, as my conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off. Let me unfold to you the mystery, Mr. Spcak•r : I will not dwell much upon justifying to you mv seeming... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1853 - 972 pages
...in this world till he be dispatched to the other. And yet let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hand mvft not be to that dispatch. I protest, as my conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off. Lot me unfold to you the mystery, Mr. Speaker : I will not dwell much upon justifying to you my seeming... | |
| Francis Lister Hawks - 1856 - 448 pages
...whereof God hath given him the use, and the devil the application. In a word, I believe him still to be that grand apostate to the commonwealth, who must...conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off." At the conclusion he warned the members against partisan feeling : "Away with personal animosities,... | |
| Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1857 - 574 pages
...commonwealth who must not expect to be pardoned in this world till he be dispatched to the other," he said, "and yet, let me tell you, Mr. Speaker, my hand must...conscience stands informed, I had rather it were off." The Bill was carried to the Upper House by Pym, with a message " that it was a Bill that highly concerned... | |
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