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" Cook [old Coke upon Lyttleton], overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to speak, by the abundance of tears. "
Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First - Page 214
by Lucy Aikin - 1833
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 47

English literature - 1836 - 570 pages
...tic down when he hei^an to speak, through the abundance of tears j yea, the Speaker in his »peech could not refrain from weeping and shedding of tears ; besides a great many, whose great griefs made thfin dumb and silent.' succeed. Strafford split upon the common rock of all inordinate self-lovers...
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The life of ... sir Edward Coke, knt

Humphry William Woolrych - 1826 - 266 pages
...were mingled with tears, tells us that " Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down, when he began to speak through the abundance of tears ;" and that when the Speaker had absented himself under the plea of illness, but in fact th^it the...
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The Life of the Right Honourable Sir Edward Coke, Knt., Lord Chief Justice ...

Humphry William Woolrych - Electronic books - 1826 - 266 pages
...were mingled with tears, tells us that " Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down, when he began to speak through the abundance of tears ;" and that when the Speaker had absented himself under the plea of illness, but in fact that the House...
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Eminent British Lawyers

Henry Roscoe - Lawyers - 1830 - 554 pages
...weeping. Mr. Prynne did the like; and Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down, when he began to speak, through the abundance of tears." " The naming of the duke," says the same writer, " was entertained and answered with a cheerful acclamation...
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Lives of Eminent British Statesmen ...: Sir John Eliot; Thomas Wentworth ...

Statesmen - 1836 - 446 pages
...his words with weeping ; sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation that was like to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to...many, whose great griefs made them dumb and silent." 2 A deep silence succeeded this storm, and the few words that broke the silence startled the house...
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The Gallery of Portraits:: With Memoirs ....

Biography - 1836 - 506 pages
...Rushworth records that, on this occasion, " Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to speak, through the abundance of tears." At the close of the Session of Parliament, in March, 1629, the growing infirmities of age induced him...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...Rushworth records that, on this occasion, " Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to speak, through the abundance of tears." At the close of the Session of Parliament, in March, 1629, the growing infirmities of age induced him...
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The History of England under the House of Stuart, including the Commonwealth ...

Robert Vaughan - Great Britain - 1840 - 506 pages
...his words with weeping ; sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation that was like to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to...many whose great griefs made them dumb and silent*." Modern statesmen afford few examples of this sort of weakness, partly because we do not see the great...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volumes 173-174

Early English newspapers - 1843 - 866 pages
...mingled Ms words with weeping." " Sir Edward Coke, overcome with passion, seeing the desolation that was likely to ensue, was forced to sit down, when he began...many, whose great griefs made them dumb and silent." "The House was now in open disorder — the Speaker weepingly implored them to ' let him go.' " When...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 598 pages
...the like. Sir Edward Cook " (old Coke upon Lyttleton), " overcome with passion, seeing the desolation likely to ensue, was forced to sit down when he began to speak, by the abundance of tears." O, Mr. Chamberlain of the Court of Wards, was the like ever witnessed ?...
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