 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1753 - 670 pages
...have gone thro' the actings of the firft feflion of this Parliament witfi relation to publick affairs. It was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance. And no wonder it was fo, when the men of affairs were almoft perpetually drunk. I ihall in the next place give an account... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 564 pages
...settle the government of the church as he should please. It was a mad, roaring time, (says the bishop) and no wonder it was so, when the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. The king hereupon directed that the church should he governed by synods, presbyters, and kirk sessions,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1817 - 564 pages
...settle the government of the church as tie should please. It was a mad, roaring time, (says the bishop) and no wonder it was so, when the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. The king hereupon directed that the church should be governed by synods, presbyters, and kirk sessions,... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 644 pages
...have gone through the actings of the first session of this parliament with relation to public affairs. It was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance. And...the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. I shall in the next place give an account of the attainders passed in it. The first and chief of these... | |
 | George Whitehead - Quakers - 1830 - 324 pages
...much riot every where." And speaking of the first session of Parliament after the king's return, he says : " It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance...the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk." Edward Burrough at 'this time published a work, dedicated to all rulers in the Christian world ; in... | |
 | George Whitehead - Quakers - 1830 - 326 pages
...much riot every where." And speaking of the first session of Parliament after the king's return, he says : " It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance : and no wonder it was so, when the men of a Hairs were, almost perpetually drunk." Edward Burrough at this time published a work, dedicated to... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 676 pages
...have gone through the actings of the first session of this parliament with relation to public affairs. It was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance. And...the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. I shall in the next place give an account of the attainders 1661. passed in it. The first and chief... | |
 | Daniel Neal - England - 1837 - 648 pages
...settle the government of the church as he should please. It was a mad, roaring time, says the bishop, and no wonder it was so, when the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. The king hereupon directed that the church should be governed by synods, presbyters, and kirk-sessions,... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...into rafts, covered with branches of treea and earth, and, Bitmillah '. over we go." THE RESTORATION was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance ; and no wonder it was IB, when the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk.—Bumet. THUNDER. The rolling of thunder... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Christian biography - 1841 - 704 pages
...drunken bout. It shook all possible security for the future, and laid a most pernicious precedent. It was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance. And...the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk." Had not the ancient spirit of Scotland been broken by repeated disasters, and had they not been basely... | |
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It was a mad roaring time, full of extravagance ; and no wonder it was so, when the men of affairs were almost perpetually drunk. 
