 | n. hooke - 1806 - 518 σελίδες
...State) was a man of singular strength bpth of body and mind, but of a disposition extremely vicious. He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, the' hardiest attempt. From his youth up, he took pleasure in civil broils, civil... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 556 σελίδες
...be. And therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him : " He had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute -any mischief;" [or as the historian says elsewhere,]... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 σελίδες
...And therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it wa» condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him: " He had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief;" [or as the historian •ays elsewhere,]... | |
 | 1811 - 448 σελίδες
...was actuated by ambition, or by zeal for his country's welfare. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief. The events which followed the death of Hampden induce us to believe that he died in the zenith of his glory.... | |
 | John Watkins - 1807 - 1014 σελίδες
...was shot by a pistol in a skirmish in Oxfordshire in 1G4.J. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute, any mischief." — ClarfaJan'j Hut. oftbt RcleUio«. 1 1л.. i SA, a mohammedan doctor, who wrote a hook against the... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1807 - 720 σελίδες
...was no lefs pleafing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was laid of Cinna might well be applied to him; " he had a head to contrive, " and a tongue to perfuade, and a hand to execute, any " mifchief." His death therefore feemed to be... | |
 | Sallust - 1807 - 474 σελίδες
...vite, solicit, and inveigle, all whom he thought fit for his purposes; and what he could he dared ; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute. He had the exact measure of every man's abilities, and could assign to each his proper... | |
 | Max Wilhelm Meyer - 1809 - 786 σελίδες
...be. And therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him ; ' he hud a head to contrive, and a tongue ' to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mis' chief His death... | |
 | 1809 - 304 σελίδες
...and died the 24th of June, 1643. Lord Clarendon has " compared him to Cinna, of whom it was said, " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief." 39. JOHN PYM, ESQ. Engraved ly Houbraken,from a Picture in the Possession... | |
 | Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - 1811 - 802 σελίδες
...fought against the court, Lord Clarendon says (if this be not an interpolation of the editors) that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief. A most unaccountable character of one whom his lordship had commended... | |
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And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was said of Cinna might well be applied to him ; " he had " a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, " and a hand to execute, any... 
