 | William Belsham - 1798 - 754 trang
...contemporary writer, to whom he was intimately known, as " steady ih his principles, of nice honor, brave as the sword he wears — and, bold as a lion,...life readily to serve his country, and would not do a ba?e thing to save it*." — The resolution of the duke of Hamilton, modified and combined with a motion... | |
 | John Aikin - 1803 - 770 trang
...learning; brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a Hon. A sure friend, but an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it. 1 1 is thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 556 trang
...peculiarly happy in his character of Fletcher. " He is a gentleman ste.idy in his' '* principles, of nice honour — brave as the sword he wears, «' and bold...country, and would not do a base thing to save it." t6 It appears from Sir John Clerk's Memoir*, that Fletcher was not expert at extemporary replies. His... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 trang
...in his diameter of Fletcher. " He is a gentleman steady in his \< principles, of nice honour—brave as the sword he wears, " and bold as a lion — would...country, and would not do a base thing to save it." '6 It appears from Sir John Clerk's Memoirs, that Fletcher was not; expert at extemporary replies.... | |
 | James Grahame - 1807 - 264 trang
...: ' He is a gentleman steady in his principles, of nice honour,— brave as the sword he wears, ami bold as a lion,— would lose his life readily to...Country, and would not do a base thing to save it." ated by a sublime enthusiasm, and enriched by an extensive converse with books and men. His eloquence... | |
 | James Caulfield - 1819 - 290 trang
...learning ; brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion ; a sure friend, but an irreconcileable enemy ; would lose his life readily to serve his country, and would not do a base thing to save it. His thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1819 - 344 trang
...learning: brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend, and an irreftmcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country; and would not do abase thing to save it. His thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the... | |
 | 1821 - 408 trang
...learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing 'to save it. His thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 408 trang
...learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it. His thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1822 - 344 trang
...learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend, and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do a base thing to save it. Mis thoughts are large as to religion, and could never be brought within the bounds of any particular... | |
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He is a gentleman, steady in his principles, of nice honour, with abundance of learning : brave as the sword he wears, and bold as a lion : a sure friend and an irreconcileable enemy : would lose his life readily to serve his country ; and would not do... 
