 Mr Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds, and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent and transcendent writings), that a...  Bookseller's catalogues - Σελίδα 541των David Nutt - 1837Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1845 - 570 σελίδες
...partiality, though he had in early life been on terms of intimacy with him, describes him to have been "a person whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit or virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his... | |
 | 1845 - 410 σελίδες
...partiality, though he had in early life been on terms of intimacy with him, describes him to have been " a person whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit or virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1851 - 420 σελίδες
...pressed too far, and relaxed too much." — Bacon, Essay xix. " John Selden was," says Lord Clarendon, " a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit. He was of such stupendous learning, a man would have thought he had been entirely conversant among... | |
 | John Adams - 1851 - 596 σελίδες
...America. If ever any people merited honor and happiness they are her inhabitants. They are a people whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expressions equal to their merit and virtue ; with the high sentiments of Romans, in the most prosperous and virtuous times... | |
 | NBC University of the Air - 1852 - 456 σελίδες
...Mr. Selden, but was dissuaded from his purpose by Lord Falkland. Hyde, and Culpepper. " Mr. Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or " transmit...to his merit and virtue. He " was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all lan" guages, .... that a man would have thought he had been " entirely... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 390 σελίδες
...favourites Clarendon's " Autobiography" and his " History of the Rebellion" are with me. " Mr. Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit...equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in 'all languages (as may appear in his excellent and transcendent writings),... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1853 - 408 σελίδες
...favourites Clarendon's " Autobiography" and his " History of the Rebellion" are with me. " Mr. Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit...equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent and transcendent writings),... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1853 - 542 σελίδες
...partiality, though he had in early life been on terms of intimacy with liim, describes him to have been " a person whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit or virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 538 σελίδες
...of the room." Clarendon thus describes him : " Mr Seiden was a person whom no character can Satter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of euch stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, as may appear from his excellent and transcendant... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 324 σελίδες
...capacity, in a manner at once perspicuous and agreeable. " He was a person (says his friend Lord Clarendon) whom no character can flatter, or transmit in any...expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of such stupendous learning in all kinds, and in all languages, that a man would have thought he had been... | |
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