 | English poets - 1801 - 454 strani
...DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, Born in Madrid, 1612 : died, 1676. " A singular person, " (says lord Orford) whose life was one contradiction. He " wrote against...zealous " opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it : was con" scientiously converted, in the midst of his prosecution of " lord Strafford, and was... | |
 | George Ellis - 1803 - 476 strani
...EARL OF BRISTOL, Was born in Madrid, 1612 : died, 1070. " A singular person," says lord Oi ford, " whose life was one contradiction. He " wrote against...zealous " opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it: was con. " scientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of " lord Strafford, and was... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 468 strani
...English lawes and liberties."] GEORGE, DlGBSr.EARlL, of TBlilSTOlL. GEORGE DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, A SINGULAR person, whose life was one contradiction....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... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 434 strani
...English lawes and liberties."] !]>IG.BY, EARL of BRISTOL. GEORGE DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, A SINGULAK person, whose life was one contradiction. He wrote...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... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809 - 344 strani
...jollities as he was pleased with.' (Continuation of his Life, p. 208.) Lord Orford says of him, that " his life was one contradiction. He wrote against popery,...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 strani
...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 opposer of the Court, and a sacrifice for it : was conscientiously converted in the midit of his prosecution of Lord Straffbrd, and teas most... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 614 strani
...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... | |
 | George Ellis - 1811 - 476 strani
...DIGBY, EARL OF BRISTOL, Was born in Madrid, 1 612: died, 1676. " A singular person," says lord Orford, " whose life was one contradiction. He " wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealons " opposer of the court, and a. sacrifice for it ; was con" scientiously converted in the midst... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 482 strani
...Pant. 1809-10. DIGEY, GEOEGE, EAEL op BEISTOL. This author was, as Mr. Walpole observes, " a aingu" lar person, whose life was one " contradiction. He wrote...zealous opposer of the " court, and a sacrifice for it ; " was conscientiously converted in " the midst of his prosecution of " Lord Stra fiord, and was... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 748 strani
...March 20th, i6"6, and was buried there. Of George Digby, Earl of Bristol, Lord Ortbrd speaks, as " a singular person, whose life was one contradiction....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... | |
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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... 
