 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
 | P. Friedrich Dusar - German language - 1879 - 232 pages
...Character of Queen Elizabeth. 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 reputation1 has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Authors - 1879 - 576 pages
...lustre in the eyes of all Europe ! There arc few great personages in history who have been more exposed timents, it may be actively operating on the happiness of those who come after it. Poetry i is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...Character of Queen Elizabeth. 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 scarce any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1880 - 874 pages
...of her reign (March 24, 1G03). 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, anil yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the almost unanimous... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1881 - 368 pages
...luster 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.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...PUBLISHED IN 1754.) THERE are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny3 of enemies, and the adulation * of friends, than Queen Elizabeth, and yet there is scarce any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | David Hume - 1882 - 614 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 scarcely is any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Franz K W. Lange - English language - 1882 - 262 pages
...could pay. 4. QUEEN ELIZABETH. 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 scarcely is any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...BYRON. THE CHARACTER OF ELIZABETH. 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.... | |
 | Coleman E. Bishop - Great Britain - 1883 - 384 pages
...luster 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.... | |
| |
