 | English poets - 1801 - 454 ページ
...Madrid, 1612 : died, 1676. " A singular person, " (says lord Orford) whose life was one contradiction. He " wrote against popery, and embraced it : he was...opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it : was con" scientiously converted, in the midst of his prosecution of " lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 476 ページ
...Madrid, 1612 : died, 1070. " A singular person," says lord Oi ford, " whose life was one contradiction. He " wrote against popery, and embraced it : he was...opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it: was con. " scientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of " lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 434 ページ
...EARL of BRISTOL. GEORGE DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, A SINGULAK person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against Popery, and embraced it; he was a...converted in the midst of his prosecution of lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 468 ページ
...of TBlilSTOlL. GEORGE DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, A SINGULAR person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against Popery, and embraced it ; he was...zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it2; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of lord Strafford, and was most... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809 - 344 ページ
...(Continuation of his Life, p. 208.) Lord Orford says of him, that " his life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice to it; was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 610 ページ
...following pltiy. He was, as'Mr Wolpoic observe!, " a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. Be wrote against Popery, and embraced it ; he was a zealous...sacrifice for it : was conscientiously converted in the midit of his prosecution of Lord Straffbrd, and teas most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 614 ページ
...observes, " a singular person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against Papery, and t»braced it ; he was a zealous opposer of the Court, and a sacrifice for it : teal conscientiously eo»•oerled in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Straffbrd, and was most... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 472 ページ
...author was, as DIL Mr. Walpole observes, " a singu" lar person, whose life was one "contradiction. He wrote against ' popery, and embraced it ; he was...converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Straflbrd, and was most vaiconscientious-ly a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 766 ページ
...whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against Popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposcr of the Court, and a sacrifice for it; was conscientiously...converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Straffbrd, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 748 ページ
...whose life was one contradiction. He wrote against Popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposrr of the Court, and a sacrifice for it; was conscientiously...converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Straftbrd, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, lie always... | |
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He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it... 
