 Author of good for the blessings which he enjoys ; and if we see his foibles more clearly, it is because there is neither mystery nor vice to intercept our prospect into his bosom. It is at the bottom of the clear fountain that the least pebbles are distinctly...  Periodical Criticism - Seite 101von Walter Scott - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1827 - 698 Seiten
...been done in a cor" ner." Pepys saw him executed; and he candidly admits,, that, " upon the scaffold, he looked as cheerful as any man " could do in that condition ;" and Grainger says, he " died " exulting in the cause he suffered for." These accidental particulars... | |
 | 1826 - 626 Seiten
...worldly advantages, he never fails to return thanks to the Author of good for th-2 blessings which ho enjoys ; and if we see his foibles more clearly, it...condition;' (vol. ip 78.) and again in the following exquisitely limited tribute of sorrow for the death of a predecessor in office. ' Sir William Petty... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1826 - 624 Seiten
...intercept our prospect into lib bosom. It is at the bottom of the clear fountain that the least pebbles air distinctly visible. In point of expression such Memoirs,...hanged, drawn, and quartered, ' he looked as cheerful as uny man could do in that condition;' (vol. ip 78.) and again in the following exquisitely limited tribute... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1827 - 504 Seiten
...'Trials. Pepys says in his Diary, 13th Oct. 166o, of Harrison, whose execution he witnessed , that " he looked as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. " * It is remarkable that Scrope had been so particularly favoured by the convention parliament, as... | |
 | sir Henry Ellis - 1827 - 424 Seiten
...Regicide. Pepys saw him executed at Charing Cross Oct. 13lh. lfi60, and says that upon the scaffold he " looked as cheerful as any man could do in that condition." Granger says he died exulting in the cause for which he suffered. MY DEARE LORD To spare your trouble... | |
 | Henry Ellis - 1827 - 436 Seiten
...Regicide. Pepys saw him executed at Charing Cross Oct. 13th. 1 (!(iO, and says that upon the scaffold he " looked as cheerful as any man could do in that condition." Granger says he died exulting in the cause for which he suffered. MY DEARE LORD To spare your trouble... | |
 | Wilhelm Wachsmuth - 1831 - 340 Seiten
...unter bem ©еГфсе! „Äo* nie 3«f«e" Jt"n 2iuf1lanbe tiefen, in offenem .Kampfe überwaU *) He looked as cheerful as any man could do in that condition. Pepys $00(6. 13. Шобег 1660» tfgf tmb fiîmtlid) niebergefjauen würben, war blutige Strenge,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 418 Seiten
...Downes, where a flock of sheep was; and the most pleasant and innocent sight that ever I saw in my lite. We found a shepherd and his little boy reading, far...condition " (vol. ip 78) ; and again in the following exquisitely limited tribute of sorrow for the death of a predecessor in office. " Sir William Petty... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 402 Seiten
...old shepherd in his worsted stockings. " I walked upon the Downes, where a flock of sheep was; and woollen stockings, of two colours mixed." — Vol....condition " (vol. ip 78); and again in the following exquisitely limited tribute of sorrow for the death of a predecessor in office. " Sir William Petty... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 Seiten
...he enjoys ; and if we see his foibles more clearly, it is because there is neither mystery nor rice to intercept our prospect into his bosom. It is at...condition " (vol. ip 78) ; and again in the following exquisitely limited tribute of sorrow for the death of a predecessor in office. " Sir William Hetty... | |
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