 Revolution that quickened every energy of a people who acknowledged no superior, he commenced his course a stranger by birth and a scholar by charity ! With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank,...  Anecdotes of Napoleon Bonaparte and His Times - Page iv1855 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1814 - 580 pages
...wealth, and genius, had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the chance of desliny. He knew no motive but interest'; • he acknowledged no criterion but success ; he worshipped no Goii but ambition, and with a stern devotion knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this,... | |
 | 1814 - 550 pages
...With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius, had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the chance of destiny; - He knew no motive but interest ; he acknowledged no criterion but success ; he... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him as from the chance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he acknowledged no criterion but success —... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition...— he worshipped no God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...no friend but his sword, and no fortune s but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition...— he worshipped no God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius bad arrayed themselves, and competition fled from him...— he worshipped no God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves; competition fled from him as from the glance of destiny....— he worshipped no God but ambition; and, with an eastern devotion, he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry.- Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition...from the glance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest—he acknowledged no criterion but success —he worshipped no God but ambition, and with... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...With no friend but his sword, and no fortune but his talents, he rushed into the lists where rank, and wealth, and genius had arrayed themselves, and competition...— he worshipped no God but ambition, and with an eastern devotion he knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...wealth, and genius, hud arrayed. • themselves, and cortipetition fled from him as from the chance of destiny. He knew no motive but interest — he...success — he worshipped no God but ambition, and with a stern devotion knelt at the shrine of his idolatry. Subsidiary to this, there was no creed that he... | |
| |
