 A mind, bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character — the most extraordinary, perhaps,...  The Speeches of Charles Phillips, Esq: Delivered at the Bar, and on Various ... - Page 179by Charles Phillips - 1821 - 249 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...magnificence attracted. " Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a seeptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. " A mind bold,...character — the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in tbe annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned, or fell. " Flung into life, in the midst of a Revolution,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he -sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold,...outline of this extraordinary character — the most extra\; CHARACTER OP N. BUONAPARTE. 201 ordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. ' A mind bold,...outline of this, extraordinary character — the most extra ordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned, or fell. Flung into... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive; a will, despotic, in its dictate*; an energy that distances expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest>... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...his own originality. A mind bold, independent and decisive—a will, despotic in its dictates—an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience...interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character—the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned,... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...gloomy and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind, bold, independent and decisive...its dictates ; an energy, that distanced expedition ; a conscience, pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind, bold, independent, and decisive; a will, despotic in its dictate ; an energy that distance's expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...magificence attracted. Grand, gloomy and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit,wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold,...independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates-1— an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapped in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold,...perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, reigned, or fell. Flung into life, in the midst of a Revolution, that quickened every energy of a people... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Elocution - 1831 - 356 pages
...his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive—a will, despotic in its dictates—an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience...interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character—the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned,... | |
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