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" They were quite mistaken in his temper," observes Pope, " who thought to get rid of him by advising him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have sat out the storm let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of... "
Blighted Ambition, Or, The Rise and Fall of the Earl of Somerset: A Romance ... - Page 68
1822 - 407 pages
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 774 pages
...this character. But the following addition from the anecdotes is requisite to make up the portrait: " They were quite mistaken in his temper, who thought...sat out the storm, let the danger be what it would." ' He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul, and would have died unconcernedly, or perhaps,...
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Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 760 pages
...this character. But the following addition from the anecdotes is requisite to make up the portrait: " They were quite mistaken in his temper, who thought to get rid of him by ad. vising him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have sat out the storm, let the danger be...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - 1820 - 324 pages
...began in the middle. — The same. recorded was spoken in 1744, not long before Pope'* death.— M. They were quite mistaken in his temper "who thought...him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have set out the storm let the danger be what it would. — The same. He was a steady man, and had a great...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 pages
...always began in the middle. — The same. recorded was spuken in 1744, not long before Pope's death.- M. They were quite mistaken in his temper who thought...him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have set out the storm let the danger he what it would. — The same. He was a steady man, and had a great...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 470 pages
...the consciousness of his own innocence. " They were quite mistaken in his temper," observes Pope, " who thought to get rid of him by advising him to make...sat out the storm let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul ; and would have died unconcernedly, or perhaps,...
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Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...the consciousness of his own innocence. " They were quite mistaken in his temper," observes Pope, " who thought to get rid of him by advising him to make...sat out the storm let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul ; and would have died unconcernedly, or perhaps,...
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Anecdotes, observations, and characters of books and men. Collected from the ...

Joseph SPENCE - 1858 - 488 pages
...for he always began in the middle. — They were quite mistaken in his temper, who thought of getting rid of him, by advising him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have sate out the storm, let the danger be what it would. — He was a steady man, and had a great firmness...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: During the Reigns of William and ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 384 pages
...the consciousness of his own innocence. " They were quite mistaken in his temper," observes Pope, " who thought to get rid of him by advising him to make...sat out the storm, let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul; and would have died unconcernedly, or perhaps,...
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Mr. Pope, His Life and Times, Volume 1

George Paston - 1909 - 422 pages
...He told Spence that "They were quite mistaken in his [Lord Oxford's] temper, who thought of getting rid of him by advising him to make his escape from...sat out the storm, let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul, and would have died unconcernedly ; or perhaps,...
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Notes and Queries

1912 - 572 pages
...following note : — " They are quite mistaken in his [Lord Oxford's] temper, who thought of getting rid of him. by advising him to make his escape from...sat out the storm, let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man. and had a great firmness of soul, and would have died unconcernedly; or perhaps...
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