 | David Hume - 1854 - 632 trang
...reign : a prince more splendid character and showy, than either prudent or virtuous; brave, 9yEdward though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though capable...; Edward, Prince of Wales, his successor, then in J1is thirteenth year, and Richard, Duke of York, in his ninth. CHAPTER XXIn. EDWARD V.— RICHARD HI.... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 562 trang
...twenty-third of his reign ; a prince more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous; brave, though cruel; addicted to pleasure, though capable...than to remedy them, after they took place, by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this king left two sons; Edward, prince of Wales, his... | |
 | David Hume - 1854 - 578 trang
...twenty-third of his reign. A prince more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous ; brave, though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though capable...than to remedy them, after they took place, by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this ting left two sons ; Edward prince of Wales, his... | |
 | Philippe de Comines - 1856 - 480 trang
..." He was a princ"-," says Hume, " more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous ; brave, though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though capable...after they took place, by his vigour and enterprise." is a great fault in a prince to be obstinate, and rely more upon his own judgment than on the opinion... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 702 trang
...distemper, which carried him off (1483). Edward displayed more vigour than prudence, and was consequently less fitted to prevent ills by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they became apparent. Edward IV. left two sons, the prince of Wales, now Edward V., in his thirteenth year,... | |
 | David Hume - 1858 - 552 trang
...twenty-third of his reign ; a prince more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous ; brave, though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though capable...than to remedy them, after they took place, by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this king left two sons ; Edward, prince of Wales, his... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 228 trang
...brave, though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though eipable of activity in great emergencies : and loss fitted to prevent ills by wise precautions, than to...thirteenth year, and Richard, duke of York, in his ninth. CHAPTER XXIII. EDWARD V. AND RICHARD III. i2,,, rd v. State of the Court The Earl of Klven arrettM... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 824 trang
...twenty-second of his reign : a prince more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous ; brave, though cruel ; addicted to pleasure, though capable...by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they had taken place by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this king left two sons ; Edward,... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 820 trang
...fitted to prevent ills by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they had taken place by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this king...Edward, Prince of Wales, his successor, then in his twelfth year, and Richard, Duke of York, in his ninth. § 8. EDWARD V., 1483. — The young king, at... | |
 | David Hume - 1869 - 822 trang
...twenty-second of his reign : a prince more splendid and showy than either prudent or virtuous ; brave, though cruel; addicted to pleasure, though capable...by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they had taken place by his vigor and enterprise. Besides five daughters, this king left two sons ; Edward,... | |
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His reign: a prince more splendid and showy, than either prudent or virtuous; brave, though cruel; addicted to pleasure, though capable of activity in great emergencies; and less fitted to prevent ills by wise precautions, than to remedy them after they... 
