 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...Bevil Grenville. He was, indeed, an excellent person, whose activity, interest, and reputation, were the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affection so pacific, that no accident which happened could make any impression on him; and his example kept others... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...Bevil Grenville. He was, indeed, an excellent person, whose activity, interest, and reputation, were the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impression on him. In a word,... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...8 was indeed an excellent person, oreem-ii whose activity, interest, and reputation, was the81*"'' foundation of what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him; and his example... | |
 | John Britton - 1829 - 118 pages
...there were more officers and gentlemen of quality slain, than common men; and more hurt than slain: but that which would have clouded any victory, and made...public, that no accident which happened could make an impression on him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill. In a word, a brighter... | |
 | Architecture, Domestic - 1829 - 304 pages
...there were more officers and gentlemen of quality slain, than common men; and more hurt than slain: but that which would have clouded any victory, and made...public, that no accident which happened could make an impression on him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill. In a word, a brighter... | |
 | Davies Gilbert - Cornwall (England : County) - 1838 - 448 pages
...and firm adherence to the Crown and Church; and several daughters, remarkable examples of true piety. He was indeed an excellent person, whose activity,...public that no accident which happened could make any impressions on him, and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 706 pages
...clouded any victory, and made the loss of others less spoken of, was the death of sir Bevil Greenvil; who was indeed an excellent person, whose activity, interest,...what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example... | |
 | Great Britain - 1841 - 366 pages
...indeed," the historian continues, " an excellent person ; whose activity, interest, and reputation, were the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him," unfavourable... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1845 - 806 pages
...firm adherence to the Crown and the Church ; and several daughters, remarkable examples of true piety. He was indeed an excellent person, whose activity,...what had been done in Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so puhlic that no accident which happened could make an impression on him, and his example... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1846 - 436 pages
...examples of true piety. He was indeed an excellent person, whose activity, interest, and reputation were the foundation of what had been done in Cornwall; and his temper and affections so public that no accident which happened could make an impression on him, and his example... | |
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Cornwall ; and his temper and affections so public, that no accident which happened could make any impressions in him ; and his example kept others from taking any thing ill, or at least seeming to do so. In a word, a brighter courage, and a gentler disposition,... 
