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" Whitlocked, with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, "with more •wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, •with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and" -with a better grace in all his -words and actions, than did this... "
The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 278
1817
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Sir Henry Appleton; or, Essex during the Great rebellion, Volume 36

William Edward Heygate - Great Britain - 1857 - 544 pages
...trial. Never was a nobler sight. I hear that one of his enemies has declared that ' never any man acted with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence ; with...temper, and with a better grace in all his words and gestures ; and that he moved all his auditors to remorse and pity.'" " Is there any hope for him ?...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1859 - 820 pages
...characterized by Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which conducted the impeachment : " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...and excellent person ; and he moved the hearts of his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity." It was evident that Strafford had gained many...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1859 - 824 pages
...characterized by Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which conducted the impeachment : " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all Ms words and actions, than did this great and excellent person ; and he moved the hearts of his auditors,...
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 234 pages
...arms of the great Author of my existence." " Certainly," says Whitlocke,* with his usual candour, " never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, jndgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and...
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The comprehensive history of England, from the earliest period to ..., Volume 2

Charles MacFarlane - 1861 - 852 pages
...ever comedian did on the stage. The matter and expression was exceedingly brave. Doubtless, if he " never any man acted such a part on such a theatre...temper; and with a better grace in all his words and gestures." He moved many men to pity : but Pym was pitiless; he considered the life of the great criminal,...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 3

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...of Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which was conducting the prosecution : — " Certainly, never any man acted such a part on such a theatre,...actions, than did this great and excellent person, so that he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity." The commons...
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Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution ...

Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1866 - 536 pages
...arms of the great Author of my existence.' ' Certainly,' says Whitelock (with his usual candour), ' never any man acted such a part on such a theatre,...with a better grace in all his words and actions, S than did this great and excellent person : and he moved the hearts of all his auditors (some few...
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A History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688 ...

David Hume - 1869 - 822 pages
...characterized by Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which conducted the impeachment: " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...and excellent person ; and he moved the hearts of his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity." It was evident that Strafford had pained many...
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A history of England, by mrs Markham 12th ed

Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 pages
...made an excellent defence, which Whitelock, in his Memorials, gives at length; and adds, " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...temper, and with a better grace in all his words and gestures, than this great and excellent person did." The king, knowing that Strafford's greatest fault...
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The Student's Hume: A History of England from the Earliest Times to the ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1872 - 822 pages
...characterized by Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which conducted the impeachment: '; Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...and excellent person ; and he moved the hearts of his auditors, some few excepted, to remorse and pity." It was evident that Strafford had gained many...
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