 | James Grant - 1885 - 720 páginas
...the tidings of Queen Elizabeth's death. The young viscount, says Clarendon, " was a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight of conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1888 - 544 páginas
...fortune could repair. In this unhappy battle was slain the lord viscount •Falkland : a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in couvcrvii. 219.] Death and character of lord Falkland. 179 sation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 628 páginas
...repair. In this unhappy battle VOL. II 2 D was slain the Lord Viscount Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that...conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity Iand goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were... | |
 | Samuel Harden Church - 1894 - 564 páginas
...especially, the accomplished Lord Viscount Falkland, upon whose death Clarendon pathetically observes, " that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed Civil War than that single loss, Jt must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity." ' 1 Clarendon, vol. ii., p. 347. May, Hist.... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1896 - 304 páginas
...inflated and rhythmic forms of writing and even to the so-called " fine-writing." 20 History, Chapter XX. obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of...accursed civil war than that single loss, it must be 5 most infamous and execrable to all posterity." Now Clarendon is not a great writer, not even a good... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1896 - 312 páginas
...admiration, and then turn to Clarendon's character of Falkland ; — "a person of such prodigious parts 25 of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and 19 The phrase dithyrambic prose is applied to inflated and rhythmic forms of writing and even to the... | |
 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - 1897 - 308 páginas
...serve as a contrast : ' In this unhappy battle (Newbury) was slain the Lord Falkland, a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that...single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to posterity. . . . 'He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and... | |
 | John Howard Bertram Masterman - 1897 - 282 páginas
...serve as a contrast : ' In this unhappy battle (Newbury) was slain the Lord Falkland, a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that...delight ' in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a huinanr goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1898 - 348 páginas
...battle of Newbury fought by Essex, both sides claiming the victory. Lord Falkland was killed here. " Of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity & integrity of life." Men came to him by his commerce " to examine and refine those grosser propositions,... | |
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Falkland, a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that... 
