 Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family: I should have left a son who, in all the points in which personal merit...  Examination Papers: Moderations - Side 24av University of Oxford - 1879Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 sider
...and the larger that was once under the protection, of the British Crown. 2. On the Death of his Son. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 sider
...him. He. might be the* propagator of the stock of honour, or the root of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 sider
...affection or aptness of the children be extraordinary, then it is good not to cross it. LORD BACON. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocriiy and the mediocrity of the »i;' I live in, a sort of founder of a family : I should have... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 524 sider
...succeed him. He might be the propagator of the stock of honor, or the root of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 sider
...alludes to the heavy affliction that had darkened his later years : — " Had it pleased God," he says, " to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in honour, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 518 sider
...to the heavy affliction that had darkened his later years, : — " Had it pleased God," he says, " to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in honour, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 514 sider
...alludes to the heavy affliction that had darkened his later years : — " Had it pleased God," he says, " to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the uge I live in, a sort of founder of a family. I should have left a son who, in all the points in which... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 sider
...affection or aptness of the children be extraordinary, then it is good not to cross it. LORD BACON. lds the eel of science by the tail. POPE : DvHCtttd, Book II. Those authors whose accordin; to my mediocrity and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family :... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 526 sider
...heavy domestic calamity that had overshadowed his later years : — " Had it pleased God," he says, " to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...all the points in which personal merit can be viewed — in science, in erudition, in honour, in genius, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 sider
...woe ; And thus bright spirits mingle here, Such ties are formed below. BURKE ON THE DEATH OF HIS SON. it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession,...the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal... | |
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