| David Hume - 1775 - 480 trang
..." who will be tbe man of v—*-' " bis people, is the greateft king in the world : But if he !^74" will be any thing more, he is nothing at all." The king heard at firft this difcourfe with fome impatience ; but being a dextrous diflembler, he feemed moved at laft,... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 432 trang
...efteera. " A king of England, " faid Gourville , "who " will be the man of his pcnplc, is the greateft , " king in the world : But if he will be any thing " more, he is nothing at all." The king heard< at firft, this difcourfe with fome impatience; but being a dextrous diflembler , he feemed moved at laft... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 580 trang
...appearing cordiality, " And I will be the man of my « people." man of his people, is the greatell king in the " world : But if he will be any thing more, he is TEMPLE, when he went abroad, foon found, that the fcheme of mediating a peace was likely to prove abortive.... | |
| William Butler - 1795 - 242 trang
...A king of England, faid Gourville, a Frenchman, who will be the man of his people, is the greateft king in the world : but if he will be any thing more, HE 1s NOTHING AT ALL. By a fundamental law of the realm, the Britifh forereign muft profefs the PROTESTANT... | |
| William Russell - 1802 - 502 trang
...respect. " A king of England," said Gourville, on hearing of our dissensions, " who will be the " MAN of his people, is the greatest king in the world ; but if " he will be something more, by God I he is nothing at all." The king, who had listened with impatience at first,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1808 - 740 trang
...England," said Gourvillo, "who will be ' üie man of his people/ is the greatest king in the world : hut if he will be any thing more, he is nothing at all."...this discourse with some impatience ; but being a dextrous dissembler, he seemed moved at last, and, laying his hand on Tempte's, said, with an appearing... | |
| William Cobbett - 1808 - 842 trang
...king had entertained a great esteem : " A king of England," said Gourville, " who will be ' the man of his people,' is the greatest king in the world . but if he will be any thing more, be is nothing at all." The king heard, at first, this discourse with some impatience ; but being a... | |
| 1811 - 550 trang
...telling him what Gourville had once said to him, viz. " that a king of England who will be the man of his people, is the greatest king in the world, but if he will be any thing more, byG — d, lie will become nothing at all." — The king, says he, heard m« throughout attentively,... | |
| William Butler - 1811 - 548 trang
...A king of England, faid Gourville, a Frenchman, who will be the man of bis people, is the greateft king in the world ; but if he will be any thing more, * Seven inftancec, however, occur, from the time of William, the Norman to the prefent period, in which... | |
| David Hume - 1812 - 576 trang
...King had entertained a great esteem. " A " King of England," said Gourville, " who will be " the man of his people, is the greatest King in " the world...this discourse with some impatience ; but being a dextrous dissembler, he seemed moved at last, and, laying his hand on Temple's, said with an appearing... | |
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