 | Frederic Harrison - Biography - 1892 - 890 pages
...met (1640) "the eyes of all men," says Clarendon, " were fixed upon Hampden as their patriot voter and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time was greater to do good, or hurt, than any man's... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 628 pages
...(being returned knight of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patrice pater, and the pilot that must...through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 638 pages
...of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patrioe pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 624 pages
...of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patria pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...began," — we again quote Clarendon, — "the eyes of all men were fixed upon him, as their fatriie he Greek drama as dramatic as was consistent with its original form. His And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 700 pages
...possessed. " When this parliament began," — we again quote Clarendon, — " the eyes of all men were fixed upon him, as their patrice pater, and the pilot...through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - England - 1898 - 518 pages
...sharp. . . . the eyes of all men were fixed upon him as their patrice pater (father of the country), and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's... | |
 | William John Hardy - Berkshire (England) - 1910 - 472 pages
...him at once to the front in England. Clarendon said: "The eyes of all men were fixed on him, as ... the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks that threatened it." When the Civil War had once fairly started, Hampden raised a regiment of infantry... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 460 pages
...(being returned knight of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patrice pater, and the pilot that must...through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 464 pages
...of the shire for the county where he lived), the eyes of all men were fixed on him, as their patria pater, and the pilot that must steer the vessel through the tempests and rocks which threatened it. And I am persuaded, his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt, than any... | |
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I am persuaded his power and interest at that time were greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided,... 
