| 1814 - 580 pages
...A mind bold, independent, and decisive ; a will despotic in its dictates ; an energy that distanced expedition ; and a conscience pliable to every touch...people that 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... | |
| Leipzig (Germany), Battle of, 1813 - 1814 - 42 pages
...most extraordinary, perhaps* thai, iu the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigoedy '' ' '" '"' ''" Flung into life, in the midst of a Revolution^ that quickened every energy of a people who acknowledge no superior, he commenced- his course, a stranger by birth) and a scholar fcJH'bwits!... | |
| John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...A mind bold, independent, and decisive ; a will despotic in its dictates ; an energy that distanced expedition ; and a conscience pliable to every touch...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... | |
| Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...A mind bold, independent, and decisive; a will, despotic, in its dictate*; an energy that distances expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch...revolution, that quickened every energy of a people who acknowledge no superior, he commenced his course, a stranger by birth, and a scholar by charity... | |
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch...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
...mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch...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
...bold, independent, and decisive — a •will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch...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., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...A mind bold, independent and decisive—a will, despotic in its dictates—an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch...interest, marked the outline of this extraordinary character—the most extraordinary, perhaps, that, in the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned,... | |
| Charles Phillips - Forensic orations - 1821 - 278 pages
...mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition and a conscience pliable to every touch...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',... | |
| Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...independent and decisive ; a will, despotic in its dictates ; an energy, that distanced expedition ; a conscience, pliable to every touch of interest,...the annals of this world, ever rose, or reigned, or tell. Flung into life, in the midst of a revolution, that quickened every energy of a people that acknowledged... | |
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