Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain...: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions, 6. kötetHarding and Lepard, 1835 |
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10. oldal
... friends that loved him , rather than slaves that feared him : A discreet landlord , finding ways to improve his land rather than rack his tenants : A noble housekeeper , to whom that ingenuity that he was master of himself was welcome ...
... friends that loved him , rather than slaves that feared him : A discreet landlord , finding ways to improve his land rather than rack his tenants : A noble housekeeper , to whom that ingenuity that he was master of himself was welcome ...
1. oldal
... friendship strictly impartial , because it was founded on the contemplation of every excellence of heart and mind ; and poured forth in a stream of beautiful and splendid expression , it stands alone , an example of positive perfection ...
... friendship strictly impartial , because it was founded on the contemplation of every excellence of heart and mind ; and poured forth in a stream of beautiful and splendid expression , it stands alone , an example of positive perfection ...
3. oldal
... friend , with what impatience all That know thy worth , and know how prodigal Of thy great soul thou art , longing to twist Bays with that ivy which so early kist Thy youthful temples ; with what horror we Think on 3 SECOND VISCOUNT ...
... friend , with what impatience all That know thy worth , and know how prodigal Of thy great soul thou art , longing to twist Bays with that ivy which so early kist Thy youthful temples ; with what horror we Think on 3 SECOND VISCOUNT ...
6. oldal
... friends which usually grow up by the custom of conversation , and therefore was to make a pure election of his ... friendship for the agreeableness of their natures , and their undoubted affection to him , that his familiarity and ...
... friends which usually grow up by the custom of conversation , and therefore was to make a pure election of his ... friendship for the agreeableness of their natures , and their undoubted affection to him , that his familiarity and ...
10. oldal
... friends to submit to it . Afterwards , when he found that the King intended to make him Secretary of State , he was positive to refuse it , declar- ing to his friends that he was most unfit for it ; and that he must either do that which ...
... friends to submit to it . Afterwards , when he found that the King intended to make him Secretary of State , he was positive to refuse it , declar- ing to his friends that he was most unfit for it ; and that he must either do that which ...
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affairs affection afterwards appointed army became Buckingham castle character Charles Church command Council Court covenanters Cranfield Crown daughter death died dignity DUKE OF HAMILTON Earl of Arundel Earl of Denbigh Earl of Essex Earl of Holland eldest endeavours enemy engaged England estates father favour favourite force France friends Goring GRACE hath heir Henry honour horse House of Commons House of Peers James King King's kingdom lady late Laud length letter London Long Parliament Lord Capel Lord Clarendon Majesty marched Marquis married master means memoir military Montrose never noble nobleman occasion ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE Oxford Parliament party passed passion Peers person presently Prince Privy Queen rebels received religion says Lord Clarendon scarcely Scotland Scots Scottish shew Sir Edward Walker soon succeeded thought thousand pounds tion tonnage and poundage treaty troops unto Viscount wilbe William WILLIAM LAUD
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9. oldal - His stature was low, and smaller than most men ; his motion not graceful, and his aspect so far from inviting, that it had somewhat in it of simplicity ; and his voice the worst of the three, and so untuned that instead of reconciling-, it offended the ear, so that nobody would have expected music from that tongue ; and sure no man was ever less beholden to nature for its recommendation into the world.
9. oldal - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so glowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed Civil War than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.