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" He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind, that no temptation or provocation could corrupt him ; so great a lover of justice and integrity, that no example, necessity, or even the barbarity of this war, could make him swerve from the most precise... "
The Prince and the Pedlar; Or, The Siege of Bristol - Page 221
by Ellen Pickering - 1839 - 311 pages
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1707 - 496 pages
...their wounds but the Lord Grandifon; whofe lofs can never b« enough lamented. He was a young Man of fo virtuous a habit of mind, that no temptation or provocation could corrupt him j fo great a Lover of Juftice, and Integrity, that no example, neceflity, or even the barbarity of...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1707 - 488 pages
...their wounds but the Lord GrtmJifo*-, whofe lois can never be enough lamented. He was a young Man of fo virtuous a habit of mind, that no temptation or provocation could corrupt him ; fo great a Lover ot Juftice, and Integrity, that no example, neceffity, or even the barbarity of...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1717 - 500 pages
...wounds but the Lord Grandtfim ; whofe, lofs can never be enough lamented. He: was ;a young Man of fo virtuous, a habit of mind, that no, temptation or provocation, .could corrupt him; fo great a Lpv.er of Juftice, and integrity, that no exr ample, neceflity, or even the barbarity of...
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Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical ..., Volume 3

Arthur Collins - 1756 - 872 pages
...in that excellent characler given of him by Lord Clarendon, who fays, 'He ' He was a young man of fo virtuous a habit of mind, that * no temptation or provocation could corrupt him ; fo great a ' lover of juftice and integrity, that no example, neceflity, or * even the barbarity...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1793 - 268 pages
...considerable. II. 298. WILLIAM V1LLIERS, LORD VISCOUNT GRANDISON •—KILLED AT THE SIEGE OF BRISTOL MDCXLIII. HE was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind,...barbarity of this war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it; and of that rare piety and devotion, that the court or camp could not shew...
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Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth century

Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 828 pages
...Clarendon, in his History of the Rebellion, mentioning this William, Lord Viscount Grandison, says, " He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind,....integrity, that no example, necessity, or even the barbarities of this war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 824 pages
...Clarendon, in his History of the Rebellion, mentioning this William, Lord Viscount Grandison, says, " He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind,...integrity, that no example, necessity, or even the harharities of this war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which ..., Volume 4

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 662 pages
...none of quah'ty died of their wounds but the lord Grandison ; whose loss can never be enough lamented. He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind,...barbarity of this war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare piety and devotion, that the court, or camp, could not...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which ..., Volume 4

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1826 - 652 pages
...none of quality died of their wounds but the lord Grandison ; whose loss can never be enough lamented. He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind,...that no example, necessity, or. even the barbarity of tbis war, could make him swerve from the most precise rules of it ; and of that rare piety and devotion,...
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The portrait gallery of distinguished females, Volume 2

John Burke - 1833 - 228 pages
...Lord Viscount Wenman ; sfcondly, James Howard, third Earl of Suffolk ; — 2. Anne ; — 3. Ellen. t " He was a young man of so virtuous a habit of mind," observes Lord Clarendon, in hia History of the Rebellion, " that no temptation or provocation could...
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