...invite, solicit, and inveigle, all whom he thought fit for his purposes; and what he could he dared ; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute. He had the exact measure of every man's abilities, and could assign to each his proper station. He...

...in these remarkable terms : — " In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief." The grandson of the great Hampden, and knight of the shire for the...

...considered or represented his wisdom, eloquence, and valour, as exerted to produce ' mischief. ' f A head to contrive, a tongue ' to persuade, and a hand to execute, ' are the highest qualities of human nature. That they were united by Hampden, we may firmly believe,...

...affecting, and strongly expressive v-*~v^' of the perturbed and impassioned state of mind Of Imagina. of the person in whose name they are written. But...mischief," says a noble historian, of the leader of a hostile party ; by which, it is to be presumed that he did not mean to signify his manual dexterity...

...reader, I believe, from CHAP. the time of the publication of the poem to the "• . present day, has felt the lines, here censured, ™ to be extremely affecting,...in wielding a dagger, or pulling a trigger, but his vigor and capacity for conducting and executing, as well as designing and promoting those public measures,...

...State) was a man of singular strength bpth of body and mind, but of a disposition extremely vicious. He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, the' hardiest attempt. From his youth up, he took pleasure in civil broils, civil wars, rapine, and...

...vite, solicit, and inveigle, all whom he thought fit for his purposes; and what he could he dared ; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute. He had the exact measure of every man's abilities, and could assign to each his proper station. He...

...was shot by a pistol in a skirmish in Oxfordshire in 1G4.J. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute, any mischief." — ClarfaJan'j Hut. oftbt RcleUio«. 1 1л.. i SA, a mohammedan doctor,...

...was actuated by ambition, or by zeal for his country's welfare. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief. The events which followed the death of Hampden induce us to believe...

...or power, as the heart is to signify affection, or the head intellect. " He had a head to'contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief,"...in wielding a dagger, or pulling a trigger, but his vigor and capacity for conducting and executing, as well as designing and promoting those public measures,...