 THE merit of this prince, both in private and public life, may, with advantage, be set in opposition to that of any monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the complete model of that perfect...  English 18th Century Dances - Page 2291812Full view - About this book
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 548 pages
...that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, philosophers have been EE fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it really existing; so happily were all his virtues tempered together, so justly were they blended, and... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 560 pages
...or citizen which the annals of any age or any nation can present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, philosophers have been EE fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - 270 pages
...character, which, under the denomination ofa,sage or wise man, the philosophers have been fond •f delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever-seeing it reduced to practice : no happily were all his virtues tempered together ; so justly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1842 - 262 pages
...monarch or citizen, which the annals of any age, or any nation, ca:i present to us. He seems, indeed, to be the complete model of that perfect character,...man, the philosophers have been fond of delineating, father as a fiction of their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice ; so... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1843 - 348 pages
...seems, to use the language of an elegant historian, " to be the model of that perfect character, which the philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather...their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it really existing; and nature, as if willing that so fine a production should be set in the fairest light,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 222 pages
...denomination of a sage or wise m;-.n, the philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction uf their imagination, than in hopes of ever seeing it reduced to practice; so happily were all his virtues tempered together; so justly were they blended ; and so powerfully did each prevent... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1844 - 600 pages
...favour of his readers, should represent him — and it is Alfred of whom we are speaking — as 'the model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage or wise man, philosophers have been fond of delineating, rather as a fiction of their imagination than in hopes... | |
 | Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 560 pages
...which the Annals of any age or any Nation, can present to us. He seems indeed to 4wt- be the compleat model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a Sage or Wiseman, the been fond of delineating Philosophers have ever O^JiUlhul, rather as a fiction of ever... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 582 pages
...which the Annals of any age or any Nation, can present to us. He seems indeed to ta- be the compleat model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a Sage or Wiseman, the been fondof delineating Philosophers hare ever OfcfiUullJ, rather as a fiction of ever... | |
 | John Frost - 1846 - 374 pages
...that of any sovereign or citizen of ancient and modern times." In the language of Hume, " He seems to be the complete model of that perfect character, which, under the denomination of a sage, or truly wise man, philosophers have been so fond of delineating, without the hopes of ever seeing it... | |
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