 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...corrupting', he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath^ him. With oree v hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other' the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite^; and his schemes were to affect, not England^, not the present^ age... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. 2. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite; and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only,... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the House of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite ; and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only,... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite; and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only,... | |
 | Orator - 1864 - 186 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite ; and his schemes were to affect, — not England, not the present age... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite; and his schemes were to affect, not. England, not the present age only,... | |
 | Henry Grattan - 1868 - 476 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous ; France sunk beneath him ; with one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite, and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. | France sunk beneath Aim. | With one hand Ae smote the house of Bourbon, , and wielded in the other, the democracy of England, | The sight of Ais mind was infinite; | and Ais schemes were to affect, | not England, | not the present... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - Oratory - 1870 - 420 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite ; and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only,... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite ; and his schemes were to affect, — not England, not the present age... | |
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England, his ambition was fame. Without dividing, he destroyed party ; without corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight... 
