Charles ; when he alike ridiculed that witty king, and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers ; or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots ; one laments that such parts should... Memoirs of Count Grammont - Side 255av Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1809Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Horace Walpole - 1759 - 272 sider
...rp 157, marg. ru>te. when I when the worft defigns are for the foolimeft ends; contempt extinguifaes all reflections on his character. The portrait of this Duke has been drawn by four mafterly hands : Burnet has hewn it out with his rough chiflel; Count Hamilton* touched it with that... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1806 - 498 sider
...laments that such parts should have been devoid of every virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist, when he is a real bubble, and a visionary miser; when...character. The portrait of this duke has been drawn by • [Flecknoe thus describes him, in Euterpe revived : " The gallant'st person, and the noblest minde... | |
| Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 sider
...ambition is but a frolic ; when the worft defigns are for the foolifheft ends ; contempt extinguifhes all reflections on his character. The portrait of this duke has been drawn by four mafterly hands : Burnet has hewn it with a rough chiflel ; Count Hamilton touched it with that flight... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 sider
...Shrewsbury and love ; NOTES. should have been devoid of every virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble, and a visionary miser ;...drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewn it with a rough chisel : Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy that finishes while it seems... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 sider
...Shrewsbury and love ; NOTES. should have been devoid of every virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble, and a visionary miser ;...drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewn it with a rough chisel : Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy that finishes while it seems... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 368 sider
...Shrewsbury and love ; should have been devoid of every virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble, and a visionary miser ;...of this duke has been drawn by four masterly hands : Burnethas hewn it with a rough chisel : Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy that... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 430 sider
...kingdom, died in the year 1687, in a remote inn in Yorkshire, reduced to the utmost misery. Pope. " When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius...drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewn it with a rough chisel : Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy that finishes while it seems... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 sider
...kingdom, died in the year 1687, in a remote inn in Yorkshire, reduced to the utmost misery. Pope. " When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius...drawn by four masterly hands : Burnet has hewn it with a rough chisel : Count Hamilton touched it with that slight delicacy that finishes while it seems... | |
| 1841 - 764 sider
...Alcibiades turns chymist, when he is a real bubble and a visionary miser, when ambition is but a frolic, and when the worst designs are for the foolishest ends,...all reflections on his character. The portrait of the Duke has been drawn by four masterly hands: Burnet has hewn it out with his rough chisel; Count... | |
| 1841 - 500 sider
...laments that such parts should have been devoid of every virtue; but when Alcibiades turns chemist; when he is a real bubble and a visionary miser; when ambition is but a frolic; when die worst designs are for the foolishest ends, contempt extinguished all reflection on his character.... | |
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