 | Sir Richard Steele - 1714 - 444 Seiten
...Gentleman, the beft Mafter, the beft Friend, the beft Husband, the beft Father, and the beft Chriftian that the Age in which he lived produced : And if he were not the greateft King, if he were without fome Parts and Qualities which have made fome Kings great and happy,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 428 Seiten
...however, shall be given. King Charles " was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian...without some parts and qualities which have made some kipgs great and happy; no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments,... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1807 - 588 Seiten
...gentleman, the beft mafter, the beft friend, the beft hufband, the beft father, and the beft Chriftian, that the age in which he lived produced. And if he were not the greateft king, if he were without fome parts and qualities which have made fome kings great and happy,... | |
 | Henry Kett - 1812 - 500 Seiten
...character in these words : " He was "? tile worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age he lived in pixxluccd," — Clarendon's History, vol. iii, p. 199. This eminent wri- ,, ter is supposed... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 510 Seiten
...with many amiable qualities, &c.] " He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived produced b." And according to Perinchief, he "was religious, just, and clement; possessed of fortitude, patience,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 518 Seiten
...with many amiable qualities, &c.] " He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived producedb." And according to Perinchief, he " was religious, just, and clement; possessed of fortitude,... | |
 | 1816 - 420 Seiten
...(to use the Earl of Clarendon's words) " The worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian, that the age in which he lived produced." '—(See Dr. Nicholls's Comment on the Book of Common Prayer, fol. I?l0; Form of Prayer for 30th of... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1821 - 668 Seiten
...ever been. To conclude : — that he was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian that the age in which he lived produced: and that if he was not the greatest king, — if he were without some parts and qualities which have made... | |
 | 1821 - 688 Seiten
...best Christian that the age in which he lived produced: and that if he was not the greatest king,—if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy,—no other prince was ever unhappy, who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1822 - 622 Seiten
...period of his life at least, thus : ' He was the worthiest gentleman, the best master, the best friend, the best husband, the best father, and the best Christian,...that the age in which he lived produced : and, if he was not the greatest king — if he were without .some parts and qualities, (indeed he was lamentably... | |
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And if he were not the best king, if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy, no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and so much without any kind of vice. 
