"He many times cast himself upon the ground, with a desperate and obstinate resolution to rest there till the morning,…"

"[H]e spake well, his style had no flaw in it, but had a just mixture of wit and sense, only he spoke too copiously; h…"

"[H]e was a man that knew England well, and was lawyer good enough to be an able chancellor, and was certainly a very …"

"He was apt to talk very imperiously and unmercifully, so that his manner of dealing with people was as provoking as t…"

"The truth is, his behaviour and humour was growne so insupportable to my self, and to all the world else, that I coul…"

"It is true he was of a jolly temper, after the old English fashion; but France had now the ascendant, and we were bec…"

"King and minister held fundamentally different views as to religious policy. Charles II desired to make toleration fo…"

"His soul could never enter into the secrets of enthusiasts, or, indeed, into any region beyond the range of the Thirt…"

"If we turn to historians of the more ordinary type, the most notable name is that of Clarendon. His work suggests a c…"

"In a word, he had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischieve, and his death a…"