Whitefriars; or, The days of Charles the second [by E. Robinson].

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Pagina 298 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Pagina 157 - My Lord Grey sends word that he will subscribe ten thousand guineas from his private purse," said Kumsey, with a laugh, in which the whole company joined heartily. "But ere we advance farther, it were well, nay, necessary," said Sydney, " to consider how to make a coalition of councils with Scotland ; and for that purpose let us select some fit person to be sent thither, to unite us into one sense and care." "Argyle and the clan Campbell are ready at the whistle of a pibroch,
Pagina 226 - I am also to tell you, that in point of law, it is not only the opinion of us here, but the opinion of them that sat before us, and the opinion of all the judges of England, and within the memory of many of you, that though there be two witnesses required to prove a man guilty of high treason; yet it is not necessary there should be two witnesses to the same thing at one time. But, if two witnesses prove two several facts that have a tendency to the same treason, they are two witnesses sufficient...
Pagina 210 - Gen. My lord, we will not delay Colonel Sydney from entering on his defence; only we have this piece of evidence to give further. One of his complices was my lord Russel; we will give in evidence his conviction.
Pagina 228 - God forbid but we should be careful of men's lives; so on the other side, God forbid that flourishes and varnish should come to endanger the life of the king, and the destruction of the government.
Pagina 233 - Appeal to whom you will. I could wish with all my heart, instead of appealing to the world, as though you had received something extreme hard in your case, that you would appeal to the great God of Heaven, and consider the guilt you have contracted by the great offence you have committed. I...
Pagina 208 - Now to show that while this emissary was in Scotland, at the same time the colonel (which will be another overt act of treason) was writing a treasonable pamphlet. I will call you the witnesses. It is all of his own writings.
Pagina 232 - Algernon Sydney, hold up thy hand," said the clerk of the court. Sydney obeyed. And the usual question was put if he had any thing to say why judgment of death should not be passed against him. " My lord, I humbly conceive I have had no trial,
Pagina 233 - I wish with all my heart you would consider your condition ; but if your own ingenuity will not provoke you, nothing I can say will prevail with you to do it. If the King's general pardon, in which you had so great a share of the King's mercy, will not, I could wish that, as a gentleman and as a Christian, you would consider under what particular obligations you lie to that gracious King that hath done so much for you. I should have thought it would have wrought in you such a temper of mind as to...
Pagina 234 - I beseech thee to sanctify these sufferings unto me, and impute not my blood to the country ; let no inquisition be made for it, — but if any,— and the shedding of blood that is innocent must be revenged, — let the weight of it fall only upon those that maliciously persecute me for righteousness sake.

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