 | Leslie Stephen - 1888 - 484 páginas
...consistency of purpose. Horace Walpole has smartly described Digby's character in the following words : ' A singular person, whose life was one contradiction....zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it ; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Stratford, and was most... | |
 | George Edward Cokayne - 1889 - 468 páginas
...transited, and exposed him." Horace Walpole says of him " He was a singular person whose life was оно contradiction. He wrote against Popery and embraced...a zealous opposer of the Court and a sacrifice for it ; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Straftbrd and was most imconscientiously... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1889 - 538 páginas
...when abroad, become a Catholic. He died in 1676. Horace Walpole thus smartly sums up his character: "He wrote against Popery, and embraced it. He was...zealous opposer of the Court, and a sacrifice for it : was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most... | |
 | Julia Mary Cartwright Ady, Julia Cartwright - 1893 - 340 páginas
...inconsistencies of her father, that singular nobleman whose life Walpole describes as one perpetual contradiction. " He wrote against Popery and embraced...zealous opposer of the Court, and a sacrifice for it ; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 466 páginas
...speeches and letters he was the author of " Elvira," a comedy, 1667. Horace Walpole has said of him: " He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1903 - 354 páginas
...contriving such meetings and jollities as he was pleased with." Horace Walpole says of him : " He was a singular person, whose life was one contradiction....was a zealous opposer of the court, and a. sacrifice to it ; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strarford, and was most... | |
 | 1904 - 284 páginas
...WILLIAM RUSSELL, FIRST DUKE OF BEDFORD. l From tht fiftim by l'an Dyck.) GEORGE DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL 'A SINGULAR person, whose life was one contradiction....zealous opposer of the Court, and a sacrifice for it. Was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Strafford, and was most unconscientiously... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 460 páginas
...speeches and letters he was the author of " Elvira," a comedy, 1667. Horace Walpole has said of him: "He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was...zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for It; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most unconsclentiously... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1906 - 636 páginas
...Gramont's account (Clarendon's Continuation, p. 208). In his Royal and Ab6/e Authors, Walpole says : " His life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery...was a zealous opposer of the Court and a sacrifice to it. ... With great parts he always hurt himself and his friends ; with romantic bravery he was always... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1906 - 500 páginas
...George Digby, second Earl of Bristol, 1612-77. Horace Walpole thus smartly sums up his character : " He wrote against Popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it: was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of lord Stratford, and was most unconscientiously... | |
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a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it... 
