...We had sheathed our swords ' in each other's bowels,' says an eye-witness, ' had not the saga' city and great calmness of Mr Hampden, by a short speech, ' prevented it.' The House did not rise till two in the morning. The situation of the Puritan leaders was now difficult,...

...Tracts, vol. IV. p. 137, where a piece, entitled Ovatio Carolina, gives a full account of the solemnity. our swords in each other's bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr Hambden, by a short speech prevented it, and led us to defer our angry debate until the next morning....

...Joab's and Abner's young men, had catched at each others locks, and sheathed our swords in each others bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of...to defer our angry debate until the next morning*." This passage does honor to Hampden's abilities. Mr. Hume says, "there are many gross falshoods in this...

...all sat in the valley of the shadow of death ; for we, like Joab and Abner's young men, had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in...been a debate ? To which he replied,!" I will take yourword another time," and whispered him in the ear, with some asseveration, that if the Remonstrance...

...was tremendous, and bloodshed, says Sir Philip Warwick, would probably have ensued ; ' we had catched at ' each other's locks, and sheathed our swords ' in each other's bowels, had not the sagacity • Clarendon and Dugdale endeavour to shew, that so many of the old members had left the House, that...

...to personal violence. " We had sheathed our " swords in each other's bowels," says an eye-witness, " had not " the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden, by a short " speech, prevented it." The House did not rise till two in the morning. The situation of the Puritan leaders was now difficult,...

...and sheathed our swords in each others bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden prevented it, and led us to defer our angry debate until the next morning*." The majority by which it was at length carried consisted of no more than nine. Oliver Cromwell, then...

...and sheathed our swords in each others bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden prevented it, and led us to defer our angry debate until the next morninga." The majority by which it was at length carried consisted of no more than nine. Oliver Cromwell,...

...became tremendous, and bloodshed, sir Philip Warwick says, was like to have ensued. " We had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in...to defer our angry debate until the next morning." Meanwhile, at about two o'clock, Hampden's motion for the printing had been carried; and now, at three...

...Joab's and Abner's young men, had catched at each others locks, and sheathed our swords in each others bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of...to defer our angry debate until the next morning)" — the noble historian tells us, " that as the members at that late hour were hurrying out of the...