 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - Westminster (London, England) - 1894 - 132 pages
...to literary men caused him to be regarded as ' the English Maecenas. ' l ' Nothing,' says Clarendon, 'could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune (which he sacrificed by his loyalty, and lived for a time in extreme poverty),... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - Great Britain - 1896 - 412 pages
...was a fine gentleman," wrote Clarendon, who knew him well ; " active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing,...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time. . . . He loved monarchy, as it was the foundation of his own greatness ; and the Church, as it was... | |
 | Arthur St. Clair Richard Brooke - Slingsby (England) - 1904 - 364 pages
...courage, and most accomplished in the qualities of horsemanship, dancing and fencing, which accompany good breeding in which his delight was ; besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample... | |
 | James Maclehose - Scotland - 1906 - 616 pages
...noble Margaret Newcastle ') was Charles the Second's first tutor. Clarendon describes the Duke as ' amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time.'7 At this period also, the more literary side of the prince's education was entrusted to Brian... | |
 | Scotland - 1906 - 654 pages
...noble Margaret Newcastle ') was Charles the Second's first tutor. Clarendon describes the Duke as ' amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time.'7 At this period also, the more literary side of the prince's education was entrusted to Brian... | |
 | Scotland - 1906 - 624 pages
...noble Margaret Newcastle ') was Charles the Second's first tutor. Clarendon describes the Duke as c amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time.'7 At this period also, the more literary side of the prince's education was entrusted to Brian... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth - Great Britain - 1910 - 374 pages
...who played at being generals. ' He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing,...amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greater part of his time ; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure which... | |
 | Cyril Brett - Great Britain - 1910 - 416 pages
...Clarendon says of Newcastle that he was " a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good breeding. Besides that he was amorous of poetry and music, in 1 Memoirs of the Duke of Newcastle, by his wife.... | |
 | Charles Whibley - Great Britain - 1913 - 326 pages
...humour, nature, and education. . . . He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing,...which he indulged the greatest part of his time.' In truth, nothing save an ardent feeling of loyalty would have ever tempted him from the paths of pleasure,... | |
 | John Benjamin Firth - Nottinghamshire (England) - 1916 - 482 pages
...summed up his character well : — " He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time. He loved monarchy as it was the foundation and support of his own greatness, and the Church, as it... | |
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He was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good breeding; in which his delight was. Besides that he was amorous in poetry and music, to which... 
