 | 1814 - 550 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold,...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... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. — A mind...; 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... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, 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>... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a seeptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. " A mind bold, independent, and decisive...will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...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...•will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this,... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...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...will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this... | |
 | 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
...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt iu the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive...will, despotic in its dictates — an energy that distanced expedition and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this... | |
 | Thomas O'Connor - English literature - 1824 - 180 pages
...magnificence attracted. Grand, gloomy and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind,...a will, despotic in its dictates ; an energy, that distanced expedition ; a conscience, pliable to every touch of interest, marked the outline of this... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...magnificence attracted. 'Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind,...independent, and decisive; a will, despotic in its dictate ; an energy that distance's expedition, and a conscience pliable to every touch of interest,... | |
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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... 
