 | Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - Great Britain - 1747 - 522 pages
...gravity of a King was needful", he " carried himfelf like an old man ; and yet he was always '* aft.iblc and gentle, as became his age. He played on the *' lute : He medled in affairs of ftate : And for bounty, he *' did in that emulate his father ; though he even,... | |
 | 1749 - 386 pages
...fuitable to his high de' gree. When the gravity of a King ' was needful, he carried himfc-lf like 4 an old man ; and yet he was always ' affable and gentle, as became his ' age. He was fo bred, had fuch ' parts, and was of fuch expectation, ' that he looked like a miracle of a '... | |
 | David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 608 pages
...did not live to give a pattern " of it. When the gravity of a king was need** ful, he carried himfelf like an old man ; and " yet he was always affable and gentle, as be" came his age. He played on the lute: be " medled in affairs of ftate : and for bounty, he " did... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1825 - 596 pages
...he did not live to give a pattern of it. When the gravity of a king was needful, he carried himself like an old man ; and yet he was always affable and gentle, as became his age. He played MI the lute ; he meddled in affairs of state ; and for bounty, he did in that emulate his father ;... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1829 - 906 pages
...did not " live to give a pattern of it. When the gravity of a " king was needful, he carried himself like an old " man ; and yet he was always affable...bounty, he " did in that emulate his father ; though he, even " when he endeavoured to be too good, might appear " to have been bad : but there was no ground... | |
 | John Foxe - 1840 - 886 pages
...needful, he carried himself like an old man, and yet he was always altable and gentle, as became his e. He played on the lute : he meddled in affairs of state:...bounty, he did in that emulate his father: though he, even when he endeavored to be too good, might appear to have been bad : but there was no gro'ind... | |
 | Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1841 - 298 pages
...he did not like to give a pattern of it. When the gravity of a King was needful, he carried himself like an old man ; and yet he was always affable and...bounty, he did in that emulate his father ; though he, even when he endeavoured to be too good, might appear to have been bad. But there was no ground... | |
 | Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...disposition suitable to his high degree. When the authority of a king was needful, he carried himself like an old man, and yet he was always affable and gentle, as became his age. When he ascended the throne, he relaxed not in his studies, but so well regulated his hours, that he... | |
 | John Foxe - Church history - 1845 - 1300 pages
...the gravity of a king was needful, he carried liimself like an old man, and yet Jie was always anuble and' gentle, as became his age. He played on the lute...bounty, he did in that emulate his father: though he, even when he endeavored to be too good, might appear to have been bad : but there was no ground... | |
 | John Foxe - 1848 - 830 pages
...did not live long to give a pattern of it. When the gravity of a king was needful, he carried himself like an old man, and yet he was always affable and gentle, as became his age. These extraordinary blossoms gave but too good reason to fear, that a fi ujj which ripened so fast... | |
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How truly was it said of such extraordinary persons, that their lives are short, and seldom do they come to be old ! He gave us an essay of virtue, though he did not live to give a pattern of it. When the gravity of a king was needful, he carried himself... 
