 His life was, in every part of it, set off with that graceful modesty and reserve, which made his virtues more beautiful, the more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His religion...  Success in Life: The Lawyer - Page 165by Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1850 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English essays - 1848 - 744 pages
...the Irish bench. In the language of Addisou, on another great lawyer — ' His life was in every part set off with that graceful modesty and reserve, which made his virtues more apparent the more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His great humanity appeared in the minntest... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...applied to him for his advice in every perplexity of business, and in affairs of the greatest difficulty. His life was, in every part of it, set off with that...more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His religion was sincere, not ostentatious; and such as inspired him with a universal benevolence towards... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 376 pages
...applied to him for his advice in every perplexity of business, and in affairs of the greatest difficulty. His life was. in every part of it, set off with that...more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His religion was sincere, not ostentatious ; and such as inspired him with a universal benevolence towards... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...applied to him for his advice in every perplexity of business, and in affairs of the greatest difficulty. His life was, in every part of it, set off with that...more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His religion was sincere, not ostentatious ; and such as inspired him with an universal benevolence towards... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 488 pages
...indignation towards the persons of those who differed from him in the unessential parts of Christianity. His great humanity appeared in the minutest circumstances...benevolence of his aspect, the complacency of his behaviour, and the tone of his voice. His great application to the severer studies of the law, had... | |
 | John Somers Baron Somers - Grand jury - 1821 - 162 pages
...applied to him for his advice in every perplexity of business, and in affairs of the greatest difficulty. His life was, in every part of it, set off with that...and reserve, which made his virtues more beautiful, t Iu; more they were cast in such agreeable Shade?. His religion was sincere, not ostentatious ; and... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...bitterest political opponents, that such a charge has been unduly advanced. Addison declares that " his life was in every part of it set off with that...more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His religion," he adds, " was sincere, not ostentatious ; and such as inspired him with an universal benevolence... | |
 | 1841 - 664 pages
...language of Addison on another great lawyer, which is peculiarly applicable to Mr. Jus'tice Burton. ' His life was in every part of it set off with that...graceful modesty and reserve, which made his virtues more apparent the more they were cast in such agreeable s hades. His great humanity appeared in the minutest... | |
 | English literature - 1841 - 608 pages
...language of Addison on another great lawyer, which is peculiarly applicable to Mr. Justice Burton. " His life was in every part of it set off with that...graceful modesty and reserve, which made his virtues more apparent the more they were cast in such agreeable shades. His great humanity appeared in the minutest... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - London (England) - 1848 - 570 pages
...his country, and in prosecuting such measures as were necessary for making those schemes effectual. His great humanity appeared in the minutest circumstances...benevolence of his aspect, the complacency of his behaviour, and the tone of his voice". His great application to the severer studies of the law had... | |
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