| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 332 pages
...and in afhorttimc ( very fliort for fuch a prodigious Afcent ) he was made a Baron , a Vifcount , an Earl, a Marquis, and became Lord high Admiral of England,...Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Mafter of the Horfe, andentirely difpofed of all the Graces of the King, in conferring all the Honours, and all the Offices... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1717 - 322 pages
...Garter, and in a fhort rime (very fhort for fuch a prodigious Afcent) he was made a Baron, a Vifcount, an Earl, a Marquis, and became Lord high Admiral of England,...conferring all the Honours, and all the Offices of the three Kingdoms without a Rival ; in difpenfing whereof, he was guided more by the Rules of Appetite,... | |
| Great Britain - 1731 - 744 pages
...Admiral of England, Lord Warden of the " Cinque-Ports, Mafttr of the Horfe, and entirely dif" pofed of all the Graces of the King, in conferring " all the Honours and all the Offices of three King" doms without a Rival ; in difpenfing whereof, He •• was guided more by the Rules of Appetite,... | |
| Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...of the garter, and in a fhort time ac baron, a vifcount, an earl, a marquis, and lord high-admiral of England, lord warden of the cinque ports, mafter of the horfe, and entirely difpofed all the favours of the King, afting as absolutely in conferring honours and diftinfticns, as if he... | |
| Biography - 1762 - 560 pages
...Clarendon, for fuch a prodigious af" cent," he was made a baron, a vifcount, an earl, a marquifs : he became lord high admiral of England, lord warden of the Cinque ports, maftef of the hori'e ; and imirely difpoled of the favors of the king, in conferring all the honors,... | |
| Biography - 1784 - 778 pages
...England, lord warden of the Cinque-poets, mavter of the horfc ; and entirely difpofed of the favours of the king, in conferring all the honours, and all the offices of the three kingdoms, without a rival. In tiiis he was guided more by appetite than judgement; and fo... | |
| Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...of the garter. In a short time he was created a baron, a viscount, an earl, and a marquis. He also became Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Master of the Horse. All the favours, honours, and offices of the three kingdoms were entirely... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - 482 pages
...England, lord warden of the Cinque-ports, master of the horse, and entirely disposed of the favours of the king, in conferring all the honours and all the offices of the throe kingdoms. In which, bring more guided by appetite than judgment, he exalted almost all his... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1816 - 520 pages
...England, lord warden of the Cinque-ports, master of the horse ; and entirely disposed of the favours of the king, in conferring all the honours and all the offices of the three kingdoms without a rival. In this he shewed the usual partialities of personal and family... | |
| British autography - 1819 - 400 pages
...the beginning of the year following Marquis, and Lord High Admiral, Sec. " Now he entirely disposed of all the graces of the King, in conferring " all the honours and all the offices of the three kingdoms without ri" val," and filled the court, &c. with his own creatures, relations, and... | |
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