 | Eliza Meteyard - 1862 - 314 страници
...great statesman Fox's opinion, that " it is much to be doubted whether his trial and execution have not, as much as any other circumstance, served to raise the character of the nation in the opinion of Europe in general." J "Truly," says Carlyle, "this action of the English regicides... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 страници
...monarch with whom, to say the least, his subjects were obliged to contend in. arms for their liberty ? After all, however, notwithstanding what the more...Europe in general. He who has read, and still more he who has heard in conversation, discussions upon this subject, by foreigners, must have perceived,... | |
 | Eliza Meteyard - 1870 - 318 страници
...great statesman Fox's opinion, that " it is much to be doubted whether his trial and execution have not as much as any other circumstance, served to raise the character of the nation in the opinion of Furope in general." $ "Truly," says Carlyle, "this action of the English regicides... | |
 | John F. Aiken - 1877 - 176 страници
...monarch with whom, to say the least, his subjects were obliged to contend in arms for their liberty ! After all, however, notwithstanding what the more...English nation in the opinion of Europe in general."—" Fragment of History," by Charles James Fox. The example of the Dutch Republic had a great influence... | |
 | John Morley - 1900 - 620 страници
...Charles Fox to Carlyle. "We may doubt," says Fox, "whether any other circumstance has served so much to raise the character of the English nation in the opinion of Europe." "This action of the English regicides," says Carlyle, "did in effect strike a damp-like death through... | |
 | 1900 - 994 страници
...from Charles Fox to Carlyle. We may doubt, said Fox, whether any other circumstance has served so much to raise the character of the English nation in the opinion of Europe. "This action of the English regicides," says Carlyle, "did in effect strike a damp like death through... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt, Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1901 - 692 страници
...way compared to the Crucifixion of Christ; a but also not an action which " more than any other has served to raise the character of the English nation in the opinion of Europe;" 3 perhaps a crime since it was performed without due sanction of law ; certainly a blunder since it... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 482 страници
...Charles Fox to Carlyle. " We may doubt," said Fox, " whether any other circumstance has served so much to raise the character of the English nation in the opinion of Europe." " This action of the English regicides," says Carlyle, " did in effect strike a damp like death through... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 472 страници
...Charles Fox to Carlyle. " We may doubt," said Fox, " whether any other circumstance has served so much to raise the character of the English nation in the opinion of Europe." " This action of the English regicides," says Carlyle, " did in effect strike a damp like death through... | |
 | 1895 - 638 страници
...statesman, Charles James Fox, declared that "it is much to be doubted whether his trial and execution have not as much as any other circumstance served to raise...of the English nation in the opinion of Europe in general."—History of James II. Fellowes, Historical Sketches of Charles I. (1828): " From these concurrent... | |
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After all, however, notwithstanding what the more reasonable part of mankind may think upon this question, it is much to be doubted whether this singular proceeding has not, as much as any other circumstance, served to raise the character of the English... 
