 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1808 - 290 pages
...the tendency of this dis^ course, and could not contradict the danger of those ' extravagancies, and inordinate powers,' though he attempted to palliate...question, 'WHAT IF A MAN SHOULD TAKE UPON HIM TO BE KING?' Wbitelocke answered, '1 think that remedy would be worse than the disease ;' and, after giving his... | |
 | John Britton - 1808 - 882 pages
...perceived the tendency of this discourse, and could not contradict the danger of those 'extravagancies, and inordinate powers,' though he attempted to palliate...Cromwell put the short but pithy question, 'WHAT IF A MAX SHOULD TAKE UPON HIM TO BE KING ?' Wllitflocke answered, ' I think that remedy would be worse than... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1822 - 526 pages
...received their commissions from the parliament, to pretend to control them." " But (says Cromwell) what if a man should take upon him to be king :" Whitelocke answered, " that the remedy was worse than the disease ; and that the general had already all the power of a... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...how to restrain and curb them after this, it will be hard to find out a way for it." Cromwell. — " What if a man should take upon him to be king?" Whitelocke. — " I think that remedy would be worse than the disease*," A few months of irresolution intervened.... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1824 - 426 pages
...supreme command. At a conference held by his order for the settlement of the nation, he started this bold question : What if a man should take upon him to be King ? — an experiment which at this time he seemed actually determined to try, but •was dissuaded from... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1824 - 424 pages
...supreme command. At a conference held by his order for the settlement of the nation, he started this bold question : What if a man should take upon him to be King ? — an experiment which at this time he seemed actually determined to try, but was dissuaded from... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 448 pages
...they might have some private discourse together." — In the colloquy that ensued, Cromwell put this short but pithy question — " WHAT if a Man should take upon him to be KING ?" — Vide Whitelocke's " Memorials,'' pp. 523526. lately brought up from the army," — and which... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1835 - 364 pages
...the army. A majority of the officers had signed a remonstrance against this measure ; " Cromwell. — What if a man should take upon him to be king? " Whitelocke. — I think that remedy would be worse than the disease. " Cromwell. — Why think you BO ? " Whitelocke.... | |
 | Daniel Neal - 1837 - 716 pages
...received their commissions from the parliament, to pretend to control them." " But (says Cromwell) what if a man should take upon him to be king?" Whitelocke answered, " that the remedy was worse than the disease ; and that the general had already all the power of a... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - 1839 - 366 pages
...how to restrain and curb them after this, it will be hard to find out a way for it." " Cromwell. — What if a man should take upon him to be king?" " Whitelocke. — I think that remedy would be worse than the disease." " Cromwell. — Why think you so 1" " Whitelocke.... | |
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What if a Man should take upon him to be King?" WHITELOCKE, "I think that Remedy would be worse than the Disease. 
