AD 1823.] regarded politics as the art of cheating the people, by concealing one-half of the truth and misrepresenting the other ; and whatever abstract enthusiasm he might feel for military glory was joined to an innate detestation of the trade of war.... Notes from a Diary, 1889-1891 - Page 209by Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1901Full view - About this book
| George Finlay - Greece - 1861 - 438 pages
...enduring monument," had died " where his young mind first caught ethereal fire." The genius of Lord Byron would in all probability never have unfolded either...sympathetic soul was his tyrant. Alone, or with a single person, his masculine prudence displayed itself as his friend. No man could then arrange facts,... | |
| George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 464 pages
...early but enduring monument,' had died ' where his young mind first caught ethereal fire.' ADi8a3.] regarded politics as the art of cheating the people,...feminine, and full of sympathy ; the other masculine, and characterized by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting for consideration those facts only... | |
| GEORGE FINALY - 1877 - 460 pages
...bent. An early but enduring monument,' had died ' where his young mind first caught ethereal fire.' regarded politics as the art of cheating the people,...feminine, and full of sympathy ; the other masculine, and characterized by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting for consideration those facts only... | |
| George Finlay - Byzantine Empire - 1877 - 460 pages
...talent. He was not disposed to assume an active part in public affairs. He LORD BYRON. 325 AD 1823.] regarded politics as the art of cheating the people,...feminine, and full of sympathy ; the other masculine, and characterized by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting for consideration those facts only... | |
| Great Britain - 1878 - 916 pages
...part hi public affairs. He regarded politics as the art of cheating people, by concealing one half of the truth and misrepresenting the other; and whatever...One was feminine, and full of sympathy; the other was masculine, and characterized by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting- for consideration... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - Italian literature - 1885 - 360 pages
...company during two months that he remained at Mesolonghi, has described him in the following words : ' It seemed as if two different souls occupied his body...feminine, and full of sympathy ; the other masculine, characterised by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting for consideration those facts only... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 166 pages
...Byron towards the close of the poet's life, and he gives the following critical estimate of him. " Both his character and his conduct presented unceasing...other masculine, and characterised by clear judgment, and by a rare power of presenting for consideration those facts only which were required for forming... | |
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