 Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one, nor excited esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well known, that it seldom deceived : his suspicion served only to multiply his enemies : and the knowledge...  Review of Fox's Book of Martyrs - Page 29by William Eusebius Andrews - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 pages
...despondency. Arro* gant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one, not excited esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well known that it seldom deceived; his habit of suspicion served to multiply his enemies ; and the knowledge of/ his vindictive temper contributed... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1856 - 404 pages
...esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well known, that it seldom deceived ; his suspicions served only to multiply his enemies, and the knowledge...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure." A few only of the specific instances of the... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1856 - 384 pages
...despondency. Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one nor esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well known, that it seldom deceived ; his suspicions served only to multiply his enemies, and the knowledge of his vindictive temper contributed... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1858 - 420 pages
...Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one nor esteem iu the other. His dissimulation was so well known, that...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure." A few only of the specific instances of the... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 832 pages
...despondency. Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one, nor esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well...seldom deceived; his suspicion served only to multiply bis enemies, and the knowledge of his vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt... | |
 | 1865 - 786 pages
...in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one, nor esteem in tho other. His dissimulation was so well known that it...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure." Such a man was sure to show his foes the necessity... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1867 - 426 pages
...and Henry part 2, lecture vi., on the Char- II. one nor esteem in the other. His dissimulation was BO well known, that it seldom deceived ; his suspicion...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure." A few only of the specific instances of the... | |
 | Herbert Russell Clinton - 1874 - 392 pages
...despondency. Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one nor esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure " (Lingard). But by the very defects of his... | |
 | John Lingard - Great Britain - 1902 - 652 pages
...abject in adversity, he neither CHAP. conciliated affection in the one, nor excited esteem in AD iaic the other. His dissimulation was so well known, that it seldom deceived : his habit of suspicion served to multiply his enemies ; and the knowledge of his vindictive temper contributed... | |
 | State Bar Association of Indiana. Meeting - Bar associations - 1912 - 498 pages
...despondency. Arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, he neither conciliated affection in the one nor esteem in the other. His dissimulation was so well...vindictive temper contributed to keep open the breach betwixt him and those who had incurred his displeasure." The lives of his people were at the mercy... | |
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