 | 1849 - 604 pages
...— this was to be imputed ' to the indolence of his temper, — a fault which, however unfor' tunate in a monarch, it is impossible for us to regard with great •' severity.' He starts in his history of James the Second, by stating plainly that he never was sincere in his intentions... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 476 pages
...win the hearts, when he could no longer gain the esteem of mankind6. Rochester's epigrammatic jest, that " he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one," forms a tolerable motto for his "picture in little." Dryden, however, did not scruple to laud him in... | |
 | 734 pages
...the hearts, when he could no longer gain the esteem of mankind. f Rochester's epigrammatic jest, ' that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one,' forms a tolerable motto for his picture in little." The following short letter addressed to ae;i:eat... | |
 | 1821 - 788 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed, in a great measure, to the indolence of his temper ; a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible for us to regard with great severity." In a paragraph, which almost instantly follows, the historian intimates, that Charles II. had an "appetite... | |
 | 1821 - 786 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed, in a great measure, to the indolence of his temper ; a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible for us to regard with great severity." In a paragraph, which almost instantly follows, the historian intimates, that Charles II. had an "appetite... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed, in a great measure, to the indolence of his temper ; a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible...regard with great severity. It has been remarked of this king, that he never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one : a censure, which, though too... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 478 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed, in a great measure, to the indolence of his temper — a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible...of Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one ; a censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in his... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 422 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed, in a great measure, to the indolence of his temper : a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible for us to regard with great severity. 15 Duke of Buckingham. It has been remarked of Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor ever... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1841 - 524 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed in a great measure to the indolence of his temper : — a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible...of Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor did a wise one ; a censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in hi« character... | |
 | Jeremy Collier - 1841 - 526 pages
...candidly examined, be imputed in a great measure to the indolence of his temper : — a fault which, however unfortunate in a monarch, it is impossible...of Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor did a wise one; — a censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in his character... | |
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Charles, that he never said a foolish thing nor ever did a wise one : A censure which, though too far carried, seems to have some foundation in his character and deportment. 
