 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 trang
...for fcience with the moft fhming talents for action. His civil and his military virtues are almoft equally the objects of our admiration ; excepting...former being more rare among princes, as well as more ufeful, feem chiefly to challenge our applaufe. Nature alfo, as if defirous, that fo bright a production... | |
 | 1786 - 460 trang
...for fci<nce, with the moft fluning talents for aftion. His civil and his military virtues are almoft equally the objects of our admiration, excepting only,...former, being more rare among princes, as well as more ufeful, feem chiefly to challenge our applaufe. Nature alfo, as if defirous that fo bright a production... | |
 | David Hume - 1789 - 452 trang
...for fcience, with the moft filming talents for action. His civil and his military virtues are almoft equally the objects of our admiration ; excepting...former, being more rare among princes , as well as more ufeful , feem chiefly to challenge our applaufe. Nature alfo , as if defirous that fo bright a production... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 trang
...mod. fhining talents for action. His civil and military virtues are almoft equally the objects of eur admiration ; excepting only that the former, being more rare among princes, as well as more ufeful, feem chiefly to challenge our applaufe. Nature alfo, as if defirous that ib bright a. production... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 trang
...fcieace, »ith the moft filming talents for aftion. Hü civil and his military virtues a're almoft equally the objects of our admiration, Excepting only, that the former being Bore rare among princes, as well as more «iefu!, feem chiefly to challenge our appiaufe. Nature alfo,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 trang
...with the greatest lenity : the greatest rigour in command, with the greatest affability of deportment; the highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents . for action. Nature, also, as if desirous that so bright a producton of her skill should be set in the fairest light,... | |
 | Charles Peirce - 1811 - 266 trang
...the greatest lenity ; the greatest rigour in command, with the greatest affability of deportment ; the highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents for action. Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in tke fairest light,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 trang
...the greatest lenity ; the greatest rigour in command, with the greatest affahility of deportment ; the highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents for actior. Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in the fairest... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 trang
...greatest lenity \ the greatest rigour in command, with the greatest affability of deportment ; ihe highest capacity and inclination for science, with the most shining talents for action. Nature also, as if desirous that so bright a production of her skill should be set in the fairest light,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 696 trang
...present to us," Indeed, we know not whether to praise him most for his civil or his military virtues, excepting only that the former being more rare among...more useful, seem chiefly to challenge our applause. Alfred founded Athelney Abbey, for monks of the Benedictine • Vide ante, p. 341. Benedictine order,... | |
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