| 1808 - 416 trang
...horror. The truth is, that the guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the king, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his...solemnity of the act,' is what few would be capable of displaying. It is a degrading fact to human nature, that even the sending away of the Duke of Gloucester... | |
| W. Gardiner - 1808 - 786 trang
...character of the English. " The guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the King, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his...would have incurred : what there is of splendour and of magnanimity in it, I mean THE PUBLICITY AND SOLEMNITY OF THE ACT, is what few would be capable of... | |
| Charles James Fox - 1808 - 454 trang
...horror. The truth is, that the guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the King, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his associates would have incurred ; what there is of splendor and of magnanimity in it, I mean the publicity and solemnity of the act, is what few would... | |
| Samuel Heywood - 1811 - 536 trang
...truth is, that the. guilt of the " action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the " King, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and " his...solemnity of the act, is what few would be capable " of displaying. It is a degrading fact to human nature, "that even the sending away the Duke of Gloucester... | |
| 1820 - 524 trang
...King, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and hit associates would have incurred; what there was of splendour and 'magnanimity in it, I mean the publicity...solemnity of the act, is what few would be capable of displaying." (Fox, Introduction, p. 16.) If we recollect rightly, this passage met with severe reprehension... | |
| William Nelson Gardiner - 1812 - 114 trang
...character of the English. " The guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the King, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his...would have incurred : what there is of splendour and of magnanimity in it, I mean THE PUBLICITY AND SOLEMNITY OF THE ACT, is what few would be capable of... | |
| 1832 - 374 trang
...that the guilt of the action, — that " is to say, the taking away of the life of the King, " _is what most men in the place of Cromwell " and his associates...foreigners" who, he asserts, regard it with " respect and admiration;" we incline to hope that, as sounder views upon most historical questions gradually become... | |
| Charles I (King of England) - 1832 - 372 trang
...is, that the guilt of the action, — that is to say, the taking away of the life of the King, — is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his...of the ' act, — is what few would be capable of displaying." As Mr. Fox seems to admit that " the more reasonable part of mankind" think differently... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 274 trang
...horror. The truth is, that the guilt of the action, that is to say, the taking away the life of the king, is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his...would have incurred ; what there is of splendour and of magnanimity in it, I mean the publicity and solemnity of the act, is what few would be capable of... | |
| 1838 - 434 trang
...truth is, that the guilt of the action — that is to say, the taking away of the life of the king — is what most men in the place of Cromwell and his associates would have incurred ; wtiat there is of splendour and of magnanimity in it, I mean the publicity and solemnity of the act,... | |
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