"So great was Charles’s aversion to violent and sanguinary measures, and so strong his affection to his native kingdom, that, it is probable, the contest in his breast would be nearly equal between these laudable passions, and his attachment to the hierarchy."
— Hume, David (1711-1776)
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Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed by Hamilton, Balfour, and Neill
Date
1754, 1762
Metaphor
"So great was Charles’s aversion to violent and sanguinary measures, and so strong his affection to his native kingdom, that, it is probable, the contest in his breast would be nearly equal between these laudable passions, and his attachment to the hierarchy."
Metaphor in Context
So great was Charles’s aversion to violent and sanguinary measures, and so strong his affection to his native kingdom, that, it is probable, the contest in his breast would be nearly equal between these laudable passions, and his attachment to the hierarchy. The latter affection, however, prevailed for the time, and made him hasten those military preparations, which he had projected for subduing the refractory spirit of the Scottish nation. By regular oeconomy, he had not only payed all the debts contracted during the Spanish and French wars; but had amassed a sum of two hundred thousand pounds, which he reserved for any sudden exigency. The queen had great interest with the catholics, both from the sympathy of religion, and from the favours and indulgences, which she had been able to procure to them. She now employed her credit, and persuaded them, that it was reasonable to give large contributions, as a mark of their duty to the king, during this urgent necessity. A considerable supply was obtained by this means; to the great scandal of the puritans, who were offended at seeing the king on such good terms with the papists, and repined, that others should give what they themselves were disposed to refuse him.
(pp. 264-5)
(pp. 264-5)
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Hume's history was published 1754-1762. Over 45 entries in the ESTC (1762, 1763, 1764, 1766, 1767, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, 1775, 1778, 1780, 1782, 1786, 1788, 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1797). [Published in 1754 as The History of Great Britain. Vol.I. Containing the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. The first volumes published became the last of the six in chronological ordering of the 1762 multi-volume work.]
See The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. in Six Volumes. By David Hume, a New Edition, Corrected. (London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, M DCC LXII, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
See David Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Foreword by William B. Todd, 6 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1983). <Link to OLL> <Link to ECCOgt;
See The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. in Six Volumes. By David Hume, a New Edition, Corrected. (London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, M DCC LXII, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
See David Hume, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, Foreword by William B. Todd, 6 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1983). <Link to OLL> <Link to ECCOgt;
Theme
Psychomachia
Date of Entry
02/05/2011
