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" I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation: English, Scotch, and Irish; Whig and Tory; churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist; patriot and courtier united in their rage against the man, who had presumed to... "
Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham - Page 104
by Englishmen - 1836
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THE CALAMITIES AND QUARRELS

ISAAC DISRAELI - 1865 - 566 pages
...But miserable was my disappointment t All classes of men and readers united in their rage against him who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford." "What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion, and in a twelvemonth not more...
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Calamities and Quarrels of Authors

Isaac Disraeli - 1867 - 572 pages
...But miserable was my disappointment ! All classes of men and readers united in their rage against him who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford." "What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion, and in a twelvemonth not more...
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The Calamities and Quarrels of Authors: With Some Inquiries ..., Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - 1868 - 366 pages
...But miserable was my disappointment ! All classes of men and readers united in their rage against him who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles L and the Earl of Strafford." " What was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 105

1869 - 796 pages
...suited to every capacity, I expected proportional applause. But miserable was my disappointment ; I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation,...after the first ebullitions of their fury were over, \vhat was still more mortifying, the book seemed to sink into oblivion. Mr Millar told me that in a...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 105

1869 - 824 pages
...suited to every capacity, I expected proportional applause. But miserable was my disappointment ; I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation,...generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Stratford ; and after the first ebullitions of their fury were over, what was still more mortifying,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 105

1869 - 1062 pages
...suited to every capacity, I expected proportional applause. But miserable was my disappointment ; I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation,...presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles L and the Earl of Straflbrd ; and after the first ebullitions of their fury were over, what was still...
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The Biblical Repertory and Princeton Review, Volume 42

Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1870 - 730 pages
...and the reception accorded to it were due not merely to the fact that lie " had presumed to shed a tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford," or that it favored the Tory rather than the Whig party. It may be that he did not avail himself of...
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Works of Henry, Lord Brougham ...: Men of letters of the time of George III

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...qualifications for the task, he was doomed to a bitter disappointment. "I was assaulted/' says he, "by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even...freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of...
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Works of Henry Lord Brougham ...

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, freethinker and religionist, patriot and courtier, united against the man who had presumed to shed a generous tear for the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Stafford." But the singularity of the case, and the great mortification of the author, was this : that...
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English Literature: Considered as an Interpreter of English History

Henry Coppée - 1873 - 508 pages
...disappointment. I was assailed by one cry of reproach, disapprobation, and even detestation. English, Scotch, Irish, Whig and Tory, churchman and sectary, free-thinker...the fate of Charles I. and the Earl of Strafford." How far, too, this was ignorant invective, may be judged from the fact that in twelve months only forty-five...
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