 | 1867 - 234 σελίδες
...letters are beautiful specimens of the art epistolary, — a few extracts from which are subjoined. "With a. head to contrive, a tongue to persuade and a hand to execute, Mr. Fiske would have honorably filled a much higher position in political life, than he ever attained.... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1870 - 292 σελίδες
...tickle those ears, and, depend upon it, you will catch their judgments, such as they are. [Dee. 9th, 1749.] HAMPDEN A LESSON. — Lord Clarendon, in his...now enter into the justness of this character of Mr. Hampden, to whose brave stand against the illegal demand of ship-money, we owe our present liberties... | |
 | Charles Patrick Fox - 1871 - 292 σελίδες
...serious object and your only care. Without them, you will be nobody ; with them, you may be anything. Hampden a, Lesson. — " Lord Clarendon, in his history,...now enter into the justness of this character of Mr. Hampden, to whose brave stand against the illegal demand of ship-money we owe our present liberties,... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1872 - 474 σελίδες
...yourself that I have for you. Adieu. LETTER CLXXV. .DEAR BOY, London, December the 12th, 0. S. 1749. LORD CLARENDON, in his history, says of Mr John Hampden,...now enter into the justness of this character of Mr Hampden, to whose brave stand against the illegal demand of ship-money we owe our present liberties... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 σελίδες
...Vol. vi. 1 70 Clarendon. — L ovelace. EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON. 1608 — 1674. He [Sir John Hambden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.1 History of the Rebellion, Vol. iii. Book vii. § 84. RICHARD LOVELACE. 1618-1658. Oh ! could... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 584 σελίδες
...have seen drawn and quartered, whom Clarendon paints as possessing beyond all his contemporaries " a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute," and whom Baxter revered as able, by his presence and conversation, to give a new charm to the rest... | |
 | 1877 - 796 σελίδες
...of Commons reversed in his favour Clarendon's character of Hampden ; saying that " Lord Chesterfield had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any worthy action. " At home his career, though never, as I think, inspired by a high and pervading patriotism,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1878 - 896 σελίδες
...6. 3 'their dust.' Works, ed. Dyce, Vol. vi. EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON. 1608-1674. He [Sir John Hambden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.1 History of t lie Rebellion, I'al. iii. Book vii. § 84. RICHARD LOVELACE. 1618-1658. Oh... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 σελίδες
...just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust. EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON. 1608- 1674. He [Sir John Hambden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief. 1 History cf f/u Rebellion, Vol. iii. tiuok vii. § 84, RICHARD LOVELACE. 1618-1658. Oh l could you... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 σελίδες
...And while it satisfies, it censures too. o. YOUNO— Night Thoughts. Night IX. Line 1245. MISCHIEF. He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief. p. EDWARD HYDE CLARENDON — Histnry of the Rebellion. Vol. ill. Bk. ЛГП. Sec. 84. Now let it work... | |
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Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief. 
