 There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent...  the monthly review - Page 409by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1848 - 560 pages
...the eyes racter' of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 pages
...lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...exempted. XI. CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZARETH. THERE are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there scarce is any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Readers - 1851 - 442 pages
...lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely one whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | J H. Aitken - Elocution - 1853 - 378 pages
...: — CHARACTER OP QUEEN ELIZABETH. There are few parsonages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth; and yet there scarce is any whose reputdtion has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...all Europe ! 6. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumnies of enemies, and the "'"adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet, there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1854 - 154 pages
...upon remarks on the Runic language. 4. There are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1854 - 566 pages
...lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is searcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - History - 1854 - 286 pages
...1603, after a reign of forty-five years. There are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth. It is probable that her character varied considerably in the different periods of her life ; yet upon... | |
 | Julien Tulard - 1855 - 344 pages
...Ossian. CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. THERE are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarce any whose repntation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous cousent of posterity.... | |
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