 JOHN HAMPDEN, Who, with great spirit and consummate abilities, began a noble opposition to an arbitrary court, in defence of the liberties of his country ; supported them in parliament, and died for them in the field.  A Voice from South Carolina - Pàgina 178per John A. Leland - 1879 - 231 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1890 - 726 pàgines
...few years ago. That bust had on the pedestal the following inscription : — " ' JOHN HAMPDEN. — With great courage and consummate abilities he began...country; supported them in Parliament, and died for them in the field.' " It is known that at an early period Hampden, disgusted with the despotism of the King... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1886 - 642 pàgines
...lots, a few years ago. That bust had on the pedestal the following inscription : — JOHN HAMPDEN. —With great courage and consummate abilities he...; supported them in Parliament, and died for them in the field. It is known that at an early period Hampden, disgusted with the despotism of the King... | |
 | 1873 - 880 pàgines
...spirit and consummate abilities, began a noble opposition to an arbitrary court, in the defence cf the liberties of his country ; supported them in Parliament and died for them in the tield." Dr. Lipscombe says that many of these inscriptions were written by George Lyttleton... | |
 | Mrs. F. S. Boas - 1905 - 376 pàgines
...most fitting epitaph upon him is not above his grave, but upon his bust at Stowe, where it is said : " With great courage and consummate abilities he began...; supported them in Parliament, and died for them in the field." The life of Colonel Hutchinson is of peculiar interest, for two reasons — first, that... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1881 - 528 pàgines
...lots, a few years ago. That bust had on the pedestal the following inscription: — " John Hampden. — With great courage and consummate abilities he began...defence of the liberties of his country; supported theni in Parliament, and died for them in the field." It is known that at an early period Hampden,... | |
 | Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill - 1998 - 660 pàgines
...Hampden in the Temple of British Worthies, is this inscription: "With great courage and consummare abilities, he began a noble opposition to an arbitrary...court in defence of the liberties of his country, supporred them in Patliament, and died for them in the field: Ler us revere his memory!" f. Review... | |
 | Richard Terry - 2000 - 294 pàgines
...internal threat to the body politic: here Hampden is one 'who, with great Spirit and consummate Abilities, began a noble Opposition to an arbitrary Court, in...Country; supported them in Parliament, and died for them in the Field'. What unites the Stowe descriptions of Elizabeth and Hampden is that both are seen to... | |
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