ISBN: 9781154021172

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1779. Excerpt: ... great influence, in the city. Waller and he, conversing with great considence, told both their own secrets and those of their friends; and, surveying the wide extent of their conversation, imagined that they found in the majority of all ranks great disapprobation of the violence of the Commons, and unwillingness to continue the war. They knew that many favoured the king, whose fear concealed their loyalty; and many desired peace, though they durst not oppose the clamour for war; and they imagined that if those who had these good intentions could be informed of their own strength, and enabled by intelligence to act together, they might overpower the fury of sedition, by re fusing to comply with the ordinance for the twentieth part, and the other taxes levied for the support of the rebel army,, and by uniting great numbers in a petition for peace. Lord Conway joined in the design, and, as Clarendon imagines, inciden. dentally mingled, as he was a soldier, some martial hopes or projects, which however were only mentioned, the main c design being to bring the loyal inhabii tants to the knowledge of each other;, for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district, to distin. guish the friends of the king, the adherents to the parliament, and the neutrals. How far they proceeded does not appear; the result of their enquiry,.as:as Pym declared, was, that within the walls for one that was for them, there were three against them; but that without the walls for one that was against them, there were three for them. Whether this was said from knowledge or guess, was perhaps never enquired. It is the opinion of Clarendon, that in Waller''s plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised; that be intended only to abate the considence of the rebels ... Samuel Johnson, Books, Biography and Memoir, Prefaces, Biographical And Critical, To The Works Of The English Poets (volume 1); Cowley. Waller Books>Biography and Memoir The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: Printed by J. Nichols; for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others]; Publication date: 1779; Subjects: Poets, English; English poetry; Biography<

ISBN: 9781154021172

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1779. Excerpt: ... great influence, in the city. Waller and he, conversing with great considence, told both their own secrets and those of their friends; and, surveying the wide extent of their conversation, imagined that they found in the majority of all ranks great disapprobation of the violence of the Commons, and unwillingness to continue the war. They knew that many favoured the king, whose fear concealed their loyalty; and many desired peace, though they durst not oppose the clamour for war; and they imagined that if those who had these good intentions could be informed of their own strength, and enabled by intelligence to act together, they might overpower the fury of sedition, by re fusing to comply with the ordinance for the twentieth part, and the other taxes levied for the support of the rebel army,, and by uniting great numbers in a petition for peace. Lord Conway joined in the design, and, as Clarendon imagines, inciden. dentally mingled, as he was a soldier, some martial hopes or projects, which however were only mentioned, the main c design being to bring the loyal inhabii tants to the knowledge of each other;, for which purpose there was to be appointed one in every district, to distin. guish the friends of the king, the adherents to the parliament, and the neutrals. How far they proceeded does not appear; the result of their enquiry,.as:as Pym declared, was, that within the walls for one that was for them, there were three against them; but that without the walls for one that was against them, there were three for them. Whether this was said from knowledge or guess, was perhaps never enquired. It is the opinion of Clarendon, that in Waller''s plan no violence or sanguinary resistance was comprised; that be intended only to abate the considence of the rebels ... Samuel Johnson, Books, Biography and Memoir, Prefaces, Biographical And Critical, To The Works Of The English Poets (volume 1); Cowley. Waller Books>Biography and Memoir, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1154021173

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