 | Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 488 trang
...not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army ; but,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 trang
...eloquence could bend to every situation and character of life; and in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army; but in... | |
 | James Carruthers - 1831 - 596 trang
...the way. The business was chiefly entrusted to the Earl of Morton, who in every deed of mischief had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. That Earl employed his cousin, George Douglas, who was also bastard uncle to the King, and continually... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1838 - 640 trang
...extraordinary that Gibbon had devoted an unusual space to them, chap. XLVIII. He is represented to have been brave, eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and...and a hand to execute." The sister of the empress was his concubine, and preferred that relation to being a wife. He attempted to assassinate the emperor... | |
 | William Smith - 1844 - 1096 trang
...they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, says Gibbon (ch. 48), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1 1 4 1 he was made prisoner by the TurksScljuks, and remained during a year in their captivity.... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1848 - 590 trang
...not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. ix. p. 93.) The rest of his character, and his adventures,... | |
 | William Smith - 1853 - 1136 trang
...they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, says Gibbon (ch. 48), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their cap-tivity. After... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 598 trang
...is represented as brave, eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and beauty, and temperate in ah extraordinary degree, " with a heart to, resolve,...to contrive, and a hand to execute." The sister of ihe empress became his spouse without the sanction of the legal authority. For attempting to assassinate... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 trang
...not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul ; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army ; but,... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - 1861 - 1116 trang
...both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, •ays Gibbon (ch. 4Я), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their captivity. After... | |
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Paul ; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. 
