 | Leipzig (Germany), Battle of, 1813 - 1814 - 42 pages
...,Hp;, motive but;, in tereBt^he. acknowledged, n<» criterion but success — he worshipped, no Clod but ambition — and, with an eastern devotion, he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry, ^ubsidiary'to this, there WPS no creed that he did not profess, there was no- opinion that he did not... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves; competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest; — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition; and,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius bad arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest— he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no...motive but interest—he acknowledged no criterion but success —he worshipped no God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - Elocution - 1828 - 308 pages
...rushed in the, list where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance, of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...rushed into tlie lists where rank, and wealth, aud genius, had arrayed themselves; competition fled from' him, as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but successbe worshipped no God but ambition, and with an... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
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With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive... 
