 Sir, your Majesty speaks as if you had some secret strength and power that I do not know of; and since your Majesty hath concealed it from me, I wish you had concealed it from these men too.  The History of Scotland - Page 284by George Buchanan - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Charles I (King of England) - Great Britain - 1861 - 366 pages
...speaks as if you had some secret strength and power that I do not know of; and since your Majesty hath concealed it from me, I wish you had concealed it from these men also." The King recollected himself, and " began to sweeten his former discourse with great power of language... | |
 | Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1876 - 528 pages
...speaks as if you had some secret strength and power which I do not know of. Since your Majesty hath concealed it from me, I wish you had concealed it from these men too." The king endeavored to soften his words, but the majority of the officers had already adopted... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 pages
...and stepping to him, said in his ear, "Sir, You speak as if you had some " secret strength and power which I do not know of; and since you " have concealed it from me, I wish you had done it from these men "also." Whereupon the King began to recollect himself, and to soften his former... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1891 - 752 pages
...speaks as if you had some secret strength and power that I do not know of ; and since your Majesty hath concealed it from me, I wish you had concealed it from these men also."3 The fact was that Charles had lately received encouraging messages from Lauderdale, and was... | |
 | Samuel Harden Church - 1894 - 564 pages
...Berkeley whispered angrily in his ear, " Sir, you speak as if you had some secret strength and power which I do not know of ; and since you have concealed it from me, I wish you had done it from these men also." ' The failure to arrive at a satisfactory peace not only incensed the... | |
 | Edmund Ludlow - Great Britain - 1894 - 634 pages
...and stepping to him, said in his ear, ' Sir, you speak as if you had some secret strength and power which I do not know of ; and since you have concealed it from me, I wish you had done it from these men also.' Whereupon the King began to recollect himself and to soften his former... | |
 | Charles Frederick Farrar - Bedford (England) - 1926 - 420 pages
...speaks as if you had some secret strength and power that I do not know of and since your Majesty hath concealed it from me I wish you had concealed it from these men too.' His Majesty soon recollected himself and began to sweeten his former discourse with great power... | |
 | Melvin Jonah Lasky - Political Science - 752 pages
...speaks as if you had some secret strength and power that I do not know of, and since your Majesty hath concealed it from me I wish you had concealed it from these men too." Indulging in an understandable exaggeration of the royal strategical cunning, Ireton soon denounced... | |
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