 His carriage throughout this agitation was with that rare temper and modesty that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony.  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 113edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1848 - 558 pages
...country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the Court. His carriage, throughout this agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1849 - 570 pages
...and rescue his country from being made a prey to the court. His carriage, throughout that agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 368 pages
...Clarendon, "throughout that agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person,...cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony." But his demeanour, though it impressed Lord Falkland with the deepest respect, though it drew forth... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 462 pages
...court." The same writer notices his manner during the trial. " His carriage, throughout this agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against him, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...the country, as he thought, from being the prey of the Court. His carriage throughout this agitation was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in hit cause, were compelled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
..."throughout that agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly ¡o find some advantage against his person, to make him...resolute in his cause, were compelled to give him a just testimony.'1 But his demeanour, though it impressed Lord Falkland with the deepest respect, though... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...crown-lawyers spoke respectfully of him. "His carriage," says Clarendon, "throughout that agitation, narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court. His carriage throughout this agitation was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...thought, from being made a prey to the court ;" and he adds that "his carriage throughout this agitation was with that rare temper and modesty that they who watched him narrowly to (nul some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his course, were compelled... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...country, as he thought, from being made a prey to the court. His carriage, throughout this agitation, was with that rare temper and modesty, that they who watched him narrowly to find some advantage against his person, to make him less resolute in his cause, were compelled... | |
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