 He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 163by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 758 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out,...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 404 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1833 - 530 pages
...be fixed " in him with which they could not comply, he always left the " character of an ingenious and conscientious person." His talents for business...to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted for the vast... | |
 | Statesmen - 1837 - 430 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts; so that he was an enemy not to be wished,... | |
 | John Macdiarmid - Statesmen - 1838 - 558 pages
...seemed to be, which shortly after appeared to every body, when he cared less to keep on the mask. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out,...of parts not to be imposed upon, by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 512 pages
...says Clarendon, ' who were able to preserve themselves from his infusions, and who discerned those opinions to be fixed in him with which they could...to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp.' Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted for the vast... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...was exquisite, his temper unalterably placid, his manner eminently courteous and / / gentlmanlike. " Even with those," says Clarendon, " who / were able...to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted for the vast... | |
 | 1845 - 410 pages
...governor overall his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 570 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever... | |
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