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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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The Works, Volume 9

Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 488 pages
...which, Whitlocke, no friend to the Earl or his cause, has left the following testimony : " Certainly never any man acted such a part on such a theatre with more wisdome, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace...
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A History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Revolution in 1688

David Hume - Great Britain - 1887 - 886 pages
...defence. " Certainly," remarks Whitelock, the chairman of the committee which conducted the impeachment, " never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy,and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, uud temper, and with a better grace in all...
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Authorised Guide to the Tower of London

William John Loftie - 1888 - 184 pages
...prosecutors that " never any man acted his part on such a theatre with greater reason, constancy, judgement, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and gestures, than this great and eloquent person did." Such was the power of his eloquence that he moved...
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Prose Life of Strafford

Robert Browning - 1892 - 406 pages
...chairman of the committee who prepared his impeachment, the author of the Memorials, observes, " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdome, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace...
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Robert Browning's Prose Life of Strafford

Robert Browning, John Forster - 1892 - 410 pages
...chairman of the committee who prepared his impeachment, the author of the Memorials, observes, " Certainly never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, with more wisdome, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better grace...
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Authorised Guide to the Tower of London

William John Loftie - 1894 - 182 pages
...prosecutors that " never any man acted his part on such a theatre with greater reason, constancy, judgement, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and gestures, than this great and eloquent person did." Such was the power of his eloquence that he moved...
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The Historians' History of the World: England, 1485-1642

Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 744 pages
...death — Te Deum laudamus." Whitelocke,* who himself presided at the examination, says: "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 did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some...
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The Political History of England ...: Montague, F.C. From the accession of ...

William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole - Great Britain - 1907 - 566 pages
...who had acted as chairman of the committee for preparing the articles against Strafford : " 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, and he moved the hearts of all his auditors (some...
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The History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Restoration ...

Francis Charles Montague - Great Britain - 1907 - 564 pages
...who had acted as chairman of the committee for preparing the articles against Strafford : " 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, and he moved the hearts of all his auditors (some...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 10

Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 502 pages
...the Earl, has left us, in his " Memorials," the following testimony to this statement: " 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 greatand excellent person did; and he moved the hearts of all his auditors, some...
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