There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent... Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure - Side 641773Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 sider
...reflections on her government. ' There are few great perfonages in hiftory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends,...than Queen Elizabeth; and yet there fcarce is any, whofe reputation has been more certainly determined, by the unanimous conient of pofterity. The unufual... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1759 - 636 sider
...reflections on her government. * There are few great perfonages in hiftory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there fcarcc is any, whofe reputation has been more' certainly determined, by the unanimous confent of pofterity.... | |
| David Hume - 1775 - 446 sider
...luftre in the eyes of all Europe ! There are few great perfonages in hiftory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen hlizabeth ; and yet there fcarcely is any, whofe reputation has been more certainly determined by the... | |
| William Scott - 1789 - 416 sider
...• IV. Ctarafrtr ofQttssti Eltzalnh. E- are- few perfonages in hiftory who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends,...than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there fcarce is any whofe reputation h;is been more certainly determined, by the unanimous confent of pofterity. The unufual... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 510 sider
...luftre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great perfonages in hiftory, who have been more exppfed to the calumny of enemies , and the adulation of friends , than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there fcarcely is any, whofe reputation has been more certainly determined, by the unanimous confent of pofterity.... | |
| 1792 - 494 sider
...Another CbareiSer (//"ELIZABETH. There are few great perfonages in hiftory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and vet there is fiarce any whofe reputation has bei'n more certainly determined, by the unanimpv.s confent... | |
| Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1795 - 680 sider
...Europe. There are few perfonages in hiñory who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies , and adulation of friends , than Queen Elizabeth; and yet there fcarce is any. whofe reputation lias been more certainly determined by the unanimous confent of pofterity. The unufual... | |
| 1797 - 610 sider
...hiftorhn* preceding paragraph. " There are few great perfonàges in hidory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen .Elizabeth ; and yet there fcarcely is any whofe reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous confent of pofterity.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 sider
...Aiuitbtr Cl'artuler of ELIZABETH. There are few great perfonages in hiftory who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is fcarce any whofe reputation has been more certainly determined, by the unanimous L. 75 r unanimous... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 sider
...SECTION XI. Character of QUEEN ELIZABETH. THERE are few perfonages in hiftory, who have been more expofed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there fcarcely is any, whofe reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous confent of pofterity.... | |
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