 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
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 σελίδες
...Lond., 1689, 4to, and later editions, still commands the attention of the general reader. " Mr. Selden life to be rather driven by the fear of evil than attracted by the prospect Ho was of such stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages, oa may appear from his excellent... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 σελίδες
...was respected even by his opponents : ' He was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of so stupendous a learning in *U kinds and in all languages — as may appear in his excellent writings — that a man would have... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1889 - 398 σελίδες
...lived to be very old, and till the palsy made a deep impression upon his body and his mind. 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,)... | |
 | Robert Steel - 1890 - 680 σελίδες
...lawyer and statesman, and member for the University of Oxford. " Mr. Selden," says Lord Clarendon, "was a person whom no character can flatter or transmit in any expressions equal to his virtue. He was of so stupendous learning in all kinds and in all languages (as may appear in his excellent... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 624 σελίδες
...looked upon by posterity as a brave bad man. (From the Same.) CLARENDON'S EARLY FRIENDS 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),... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 638 σελίδες
...looked upon by posterity as a brave bad man. t (From the Same.) CLARENDON'S EARLY FRIENDS 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),... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 482 σελίδες
...in the whole splendid history of the English bar." And Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon : " Mr. Selden was a person whom no character can flatter, or transmit...in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue." Selden was the writer of many learned books : books upon the law, books upon the customs of the Hebrews,... | |
 | Robert Blatchford - 1901 - 266 σελίδες
...Court in his faith and his ideals. And now let us see what his friend Lord Clarendon said of him — He was a person whom no character can flatter or transmit...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 ihought he had been... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 412 σελίδες
...that He might redeem us from all iniquity."' ' Mr. Selden^was a person whom no character can natter, or transmit in any expressions equal to his merit and virtue. He was of such stupendous learning Sn all kinds, and in all languages, as may appear from his excellent and transcendent... | |
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