 | 1831 - 652 pages
...We had sheathed our swords ' in each other's bowels,' says an eye-witness, ' had not the saga' city 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,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 560 pages
...Abner's young men, had catched 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*." This passage does honor to Hampden's... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 pages
...Abner's young men, had catchjed at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in each other's 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." In leaving the House, Lord Falkland asked... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1829 - 338 pages
...Abner's young men, had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in each other's 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." In leaving the House, Lord Falkland asked... | |
 | George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent - 1832 - 488 pages
...decreased.—See Sir Philip Warwick's account of the same transaction. See also Appendix to Evelyn. ' and great calmness of Mr. Hampden, by a short speech, prevented it, and led us to ' defer our angry debate until the next morn' ing.' He rose amidst the uproar, and, with... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 530 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,... | |
 | 1837 - 430 pages
...have ensued. " We had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in each other's 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." Meanwhile, at about two o'clock, Hampden's... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 pages
...proceeding to personal violence. ' 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.' The House did not rise till two in the morning. The situation of the Puritan leaders was now difficult,... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 pages
...Abner's young men, had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in each other's bowels, had not the sagacity and great calmness of Mr. Hampden by a short speech prevented us, and led us to defer our angry debate until next morning." And so in truth it was; for at two of... | |
 | 1842 - 360 pages
...Abner's young men, had catched at each other's locks, and sheathed our swords in each other's 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." An effectual separation was now made between the moderate and... | |
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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. 
