 | Robert Gibbs (of Aylesbury, Eng.) - Aylesbury (England) - 1885 - 716 pages
...debate, except the speech of Sir E. Deering ; it lasted fifteen hours. Herbert says — " We catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in...calmness of Mr. Hampden by a short speech prevented it." It is to Sir Ralph Verney we are also indebted for so truthful and excellent an account of the attempted... | |
 | Charles Edmund Maurice - Austria - 1887 - 560 pages
...debate on the Grand Remonstrance, when the members of the House of Commons wonld " have sheathed their swords in each other's bowels, had not the sagacity...of Mr. Hampden, by a short speech, prevented it." the other hand, the 12th clause aims at the settlement of the misunderstandings between labour and... | |
 | Charles Edmund Maurice - Austria - 1887 - 558 pages
...debate on the Grand Remonstrance, when the members of the House of Commons would " have sheathed their swords in each other's bowels, had not the sagacity...of Mr. Hampden, by a short speech, prevented it." the other hand, the 12th clause aims at the settlement of the misunderstandings between labour and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1890 - 1100 pages
...to personal violence. " We had sheathed our swords in taca other's bowels," says an eye-witness, " est degree v The House did not rise till two in the morning. The situation of the Puritan leaders was now difficult... | |
 | Great Britain - 1892 - 526 pages
...side, and who is therefore an unprejudiced witness in Hampden's favour, declares that ' we had catcht at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in...bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hambden by a short speech prevented it.' 1 As the members went out in the early morning, Falkland asked... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...proceeding to personal violence. " We had sheathed our swords in each other's bowels, says an eyewitness, must necessarily be hostile mathematical sects, some affirming, and some denying, that th The House did not rise till two in the morning. The situation of the Puritan leaders was now difficult... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 700 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 378 pages
...Joab's and Abner's young men,1 had caught at each others' locks, and sheathed our swords in each others' bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden by a short speech prevented it, and led us to defer our angry debate, until the next morning. The King's first entertainment, therefore,... | |
 | Charles William Colby - Great Britain - 1899 - 398 pages
...Joab's and Abner'syoung men,1 had caught at each others' locks, and sheathed our swords in each others' bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden by a short speech prevented it, and led us to defer our angry debate, until the next morning. The King's first entertainment, therefore,... | |
 | James Fairfax McLaughlin - Legislators - 1900 - 576 pages
...Hampden at their head, " we had sheathed our swords in each other's bowels," says an eyewitness, " had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden, by a short speech, prevented it."6 Hampden was put into a cell, but the English people set him free, and swept away the tyrant who... | |
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We had sheathed our swords in each other's bowels,' says an eyewitness, ' had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden, by a short speech, prevented it. 
