 And if he were not the best king, if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy, no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and so much without any kind of vice.  Tracts in Prose and Verse ... - Página 92por Thomas Lowndes - 1825Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1714 - 444 páginas
...Gentleman, the beft Mafter, the beft Friend, the beft Husband, the beft Father, and the beft Chriftian that the Age in which he lived produced : And if he were not the greateft King, if he were without fome Parts and Qualities which have made fome Kings great and happy,... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1805 - 340 páginas
...tegi propria patiamur crimina gentis. Lord Clarendon concludes his character in these words: " He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best christfan, that the age he lived in produced," — Clarendon's History, vol. iii, p. 199, This eminent... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1807 - 588 páginas
...gentleman, the beft mafter, the beft friend, the beft hufband, the beft father, and the beft Chriftian, that the age in which he lived produced. And if he were not the greateft king, if he were without fome parts and qualities which have made fome kings great and happy,... | |
 | 1811 - 710 páginas
...education — his son was one by principle ; Charles the First was, as Lord Clarendon describes him, ' the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...husband, the best father, and the best Christian, of the age in which be lived.' Charles the Second was a compound of all the vices that debase a human... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 páginas
...propria patiamur crimina gentis. Lord Clarendon concludes his character in these words : " He was "? tile worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend,...best father, and the best Christian, that the age he lived in pixxluccd," — Clarendon's History, vol. iii, p. 199. This eminent wri- ,, ter is supposed... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 páginas
...countenance. In his private character, he was amiable and exemplary. " He was," says lord Clarendon, " the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...best husband, the best father, and the best Christian of the age in which he lived." All his faults seem to have arisen from the error of his education ;... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 510 páginas
...in note 20. 13 If we believe his friends, he was adorned with many amiable qualities, &c.] " He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...Christian, that the age in which he lived produced b." And according to Perinchief, he "was religious, just, and clement; possessed of fortitude, patience,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 518 páginas
...in note 20. " If we believe his friends, he was adorned with many amiable qualities, &c.] " He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...the best Christian, that the age in which he lived producedb." And according to Perinchief, he " was religious, just, and clement; possessed of fortitude,... | |
 | 1816 - 420 páginas
...little tender of their affection to their prince. Thus died (to use the Earl of Clarendon's words) " The worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...Christian, that the age in which he lived produced." '—(See Dr. Nicholls's Comment on the Book of Common Prayer, fol. I?l0; Form of Prayer for 30th of... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1821 - 668 páginas
...general of the three nations, — as any of his predecessors had ever been. To conclude : — that he was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best...Christian that the age in which he lived produced: and that if he was not the greatest king, — if he were without some parts and qualities which have made... | |
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