| Legislators - 1880 - 446 pages
...possible to apply to him, without extravagance, Lord Clarendon's description of Hampden : " He was of a vigilance not to be tired out or " wearied by the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed " on by the most subtle or sharp, and of a personal courage " equal to his best parts." The " little,... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...governor over all his passions a. id affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He WHS of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out,...so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever lie might have been made a friend ; and as much to be apprehended ' (feared) where he was so as any... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. " He was," says Clarendon, " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted... | |
| Epochs - 1882 - 794 pages
...hour of triumph. Clarendon's opinion of his talents and character is pronounced in no doubtful terms. "Of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." " His reputation of honesty was uniHAMPDEN MORTALLY WOUNDED AT CHALCROVK FIELD. versa!,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1882 - 878 pages
...the character of an ingenious and conscientious person." His talents for business says Clarendon, " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that ho was indebted... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1883 - 874 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. " He was," says Clarendon, " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the точ subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that lie... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 290 pages
...that he can toil terribly," is an electric touch. So are Clarendon's portraits, — of Hampden, " who was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out...the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; " — of Falkland,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 252 pages
...that he can toil terribly," is an electric touch. So are Clarendon's portraits, — of Hampden ; " who was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out...the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts," — of Falkland;... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...he can toil terribly," is an electric touch. So are Clarendon's portraits, — of Hampden ; ' ' who ied in his bed, in Sweden ; but it was a proverb of...to die the death of old age. King Hake of Sweden c on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts," — of Falkland... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 504 pages
...that he can toil terribly," is an electric touch. So are Clarendon's portraits, — of Hampden ; " who was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out...the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts," — of Falkland... | |
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