 | Bibliography - 1734 - 488 pages
...over him, when the Concerns of the fl Church ftood in the Way.- In a word, if ic " had not been for Popery, he would have been, " if not a great, yet a good Prince." Soon after King James's Deceafe, the pretended Prince of Wales was own'd and proclaim'd King in Ftyyce.... | |
 | Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - Great Britain - 1747 - 522 pages
...He was ftill wandering from one amour to another, yet he had a real fenfe of ftn, and was afhamcd of it : But Priefts know how to engage Princes more intirely...great, yet a good Prince. Burnet fays, that, by what he S&- Monument of x JAMES Xjfrected, w/Chappe? - Scotch College aC^area in once knew of him, and by what... | |
 | Nicolas Tindal - Great Britain - 1763 - 638 pages
...ftill wandering from one amour Will.IIL, to another, yet he had a real fenfeof fin, and was a(hamed of 1701. it: But priefts know how to engage princes...he was always apt to have, of the intrigues of the Popifh clergy, and of the confefibrs of kings. King James was undone by them, and was their martyr,... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 576 pages
...know how to engage princes more entirely into their interests, by making them compound for their sins, by a great zeal for holy church, as they call it....would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince. By what I once knew of him, and by what I saw him afterwards carried to, I grew more confirmed in the... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 576 pages
...know how to engage princes more entirely into their interests, by making them compound for their sins, by a great zeal for holy church, as they call it....would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince. By what I once knew of him, and by what I saw him afterwards carried to, I grew more confirmed in the... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 596 pages
..." and an immoveable observer lately published by Mr. Lodge, "of his word and promise." 540 } 70 1 . zeal for holy church, as they call it. In a word,...would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince. By what I once knew of him, and by what I saw him afterwards carried to, I grew more confirmed in the... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1839 - 568 pages
...he was still wandering from one amour to another; yet he had a real sense of sin, and was ashamed of it. ... In a word, if it had not been for his popery,...would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince." To resume our narrative. At two o'clock on the day of the king's departure from the capital, the prince... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 710 pages
...he was still wandering from one amour to another; yet he had a real sense of sin, and was ashamed of it. In a word, if it had not been for his popery,...would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince." THE INTERREGNUM; THE CONVENTION PARLIAMENT (1689 AD) To resume our narrative. At two o'clock on the... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - Great Britain - 1918 - 396 pages
...know how to engage Princes more entirely into their interests, by making them compound for their Sins, by a great zeal for Holy Church, as they call it....would have been, if not a great yet a good Prince. By 2025.1 s what I once knew of him, and by what I saw him afterwards carried to, I grew more confirmed... | |
 | Angus Stroud - History - 1999 - 246 pages
...laid it down for a maxim, that all who opposed the King were rebels in their hearts. . . . [Even so] if it had not been for his popery he would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince. (Bishop Burnet, 1690s) B King James was certainly a far better man than his brother, although of a... | |
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In a word, if it had not been for his popery he would have been, if not a great, yet a good prince. 
