 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Statesmen - 1862 - 360 pages
...wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most mibtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that...enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been a friend ; and as muoh to be apprehended when he was so as any man could deserve to be."* His men were... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished whereever he might have been made a friend ; and as much to...deserve to be. And therefore his death was no less congratulated on the one party, than it was condoled on the other. LORD CLARENDON 155. CHARACTER OF... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 704 pages
...intrepidity which made him conspicuous even among thousands of brave men. " He was," says Clarendon, " of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that...where he was so, as any man could deserve to be." Though his military career was short, and his military situation subordinate, he fully proved that... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever ne might have been made a friend ; and as much to be apprehended ' (feared) where he was so as any... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1871 - 704 pages
...intrepidity which made him conspicuous even among thousands of brave men. " He was," says Clarendon, " of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that...where he was so, as any man could deserve to be." Though his military career was short, and his military situation subordinate, he fully proved that... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...personal courage equal to his best parís: so th-u lie was an enemy not to be wished, wherever he migh; have been made a friend ; and as much to be apprehended where he was ax i» any man could deserve to be. And therefore his death was no less pleasing to the one party,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 622 pages
...wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that...as any man could deserve to be. And therefore his deatk was no less pleasing to the one party than it was condoled in the other. In a word, what was... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that he was an enemy not to bo wished wherever he might have been made a friend ; and as much to bo apprehended where ha was so... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...intrepidity which made him conspicuous even amongst thousands of brave men. " He was," says Clarendon, " of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that...apprehended where he was so as any man could deserve to be." Though his military career was short, and his military situation subordinate, he fully proved that... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 pages
...intrepidity which made him conspicuous even among thousands of brave men. " He was," says Clarendon, "of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that...where he was so, as any man could deserve to be." Though his military career was short, and his military situation subordinate, he fully proved that... | |
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... of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he might have been made a friend ; and as much to be apprehended where he was so, as any man could deserve to be. 
