 Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 549by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Lucius Sergius CATILINA - 1795 - 342 pages
...invite, 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... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 pages
...in these remarkable terms : — " In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief." The grandson of the great Hampden, and knight of the shire for the county of Bucks, was fined 40,0001.... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1805 - 512 pages
...metaphorically to signify energy or power, as the heart is to signify affection, or the head intellect. '* He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief," says a noble historian, of the leader of a hostile party ; by which,... | |
 | n. hooke - 1806 - 518 pages
...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... | |
 | John Watkins - Biography - 1807 - 1014 pages
...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 RcleUioĞ. 1 1л.. i SA, a mohammedan doctor, who wrote a hook against the... | |
 | Artists - 1811 - 448 pages
...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... | |
 | Sallust - Jugurthine War, 111 B.C.-105 B.C. - 1807 - 474 pages
...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... | |
 | 1809 - 304 pages
...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 - Dissenters, Religious - 1811 - 802 pages
...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... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1812 - 1070 pages
...a pleasing group of scenery. STCHAJNT, thougl) scarcely remaining in vestiges, etiam periere ruinx, should not pass unnoticed by the observant traveller....which here environ both sides of the river, stands, BRYNKINA.LLT, lately new fronted, and gothicised, formerly a large brick mansion, has the monotony... | |
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