 | Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 sivua
...Con*™,. was very reluctantly conceded by the king in the twenty-fifth year <*«£«. * of his reign. I do not know that England has ever produced any patriots...they enhance the moderation of those who pressed no farther upon an abject tyrant. But to withstand the measures of Edward, a prince unequalled by any... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1826 - 650 sivua
...to whose memory she owes more gratitude than Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and ECONST" Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk. In the Great Charter...they enhance the moderation of those who pressed no farther upon an abject tyrant. But to withstand the measures of Edward, a prince unequalled by any... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1835 - 386 sivua
...the Charters, which was very reluctantly conceded by the king in the twenty-fifth year of his reign. I do not know that England has ever produced any patriots...Norfolk. In the Great Charter the base spirit and deserled condition of John take off something from the glory of the triumph, though they enhance the... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1846 - 582 sivua
...Charters, which charten. was very reluctantly conceded by the king in the twenty-fifth year of his reign. I do not know that England has ever produced any patriots...they enhance the moderation of those who pressed no farther upon an abject tyrant. But to withstand the measures of Edward, a prince unequalled by any... | |
 | William Douglas Hamilton - 1852 - 200 sivua
...valour, and success, required a far more intrepid patriotism ; it is, therefore, to the sacred names of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk, that we must award the meed of praise as the greatest patriots England has produced. While Edward was... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 sivua
...realm." * There were two eminent men at that time who fought this great battle of the constitution — Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk. These men were, to the age of Edward I., what John Hampden was to the age of Charles I. When these... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1860 - 528 sivua
...Charters. of ^ charters, which was very reluctantly concedcd by the king in the 25th year of his reign. l do not know that England has ever produced any patriots...Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk. ln the Great Charter the base spirit and deserted condition of John take off something from the glory... | |
 | Evan Daniel - 1863 - 374 sivua
...great patriots through whose efforts Edward's tyrannical government was thus restrained were Humphry Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk. From this time the prerogatives of the crown wero effectually restrained, and the power of the people... | |
 | John Fulton - 1864 - 582 sivua
...and success, required a far more intrepid patriotism ; " it is therefore to the sacred names of Henry Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, that we must award the meed of praise as the greatest patriots England has produced : and it is to... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 946 sivua
...times endeavoured to escape from the obligations of the charters, and had refused to confirm them. Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk, now called upon the sheriffs to levy no more taxes till the charters were confirmed, without any insidious... | |
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I do not know that England has ever produced any patriots to whose memory she owes more gratitude than Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, and Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk. In the Great Charter, the base spirit and deserted condition of John take... 
