An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. and Charles I. and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II...: From Original Writers and State-papers, Volume 5F.C. and J. Rivington, 1814 |
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... character is con- firmed by those who best knew him . Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham , observes , " that his understanding was quick and lively in little things ; and sometimes would soar high enough in great ones , but unable to keep ...
... character is con- firmed by those who best knew him . Sheffield , Duke of Buckingham , observes , " that his understanding was quick and lively in little things ; and sometimes would soar high enough in great ones , but unable to keep ...
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... ; and , by degrees , unbent his mind from the * Buckingham's Works , p . 408. 8vo edition . Charles II . 8vo . p . 40. Lond . 1750 . Character of King gree , he was subject to much weakness and knotty B 2 CHARLES 11 : ૐ.
... ; and , by degrees , unbent his mind from the * Buckingham's Works , p . 408. 8vo edition . Charles II . 8vo . p . 40. Lond . 1750 . Character of King gree , he was subject to much weakness and knotty B 2 CHARLES 11 : ૐ.
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... character of the monarch under consideration.It would be injustice to Charles to omit Dr. Sprat's account of his encouragement of the Royal Society ; as it confirms what Burnet has related in the passage above cited . " When the society ...
... character of the monarch under consideration.It would be injustice to Charles to omit Dr. Sprat's account of his encouragement of the Royal Society ; as it confirms what Burnet has related in the passage above cited . " When the society ...
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... character , who was unused to enquiry , and accustomed to assent to those about him , liable to weakness , and exposed to credulity . Burnet tells us , " the king had ordered Mountague , his ambassador at Paris , in the year 1678 , to ...
... character , who was unused to enquiry , and accustomed to assent to those about him , liable to weakness , and exposed to credulity . Burnet tells us , " the king had ordered Mountague , his ambassador at Paris , in the year 1678 , to ...
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... discovery that put men more upon their guard against him . " Kennet's Register , p . 289 . Buckingham's Works , vol . II . p . 58 . Character of K. Charles II . p . 15 . After this , it will be no difficult matter for 14 THE LIFE OF.
... discovery that put men more upon their guard against him . " Kennet's Register , p . 289 . Buckingham's Works , vol . II . p . 58 . Character of K. Charles II . p . 15 . After this , it will be no difficult matter for 14 THE LIFE OF.
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