 ... some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished. But the true method of estimating her merit...  the monthly review - Page 411by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, nnd intrusted with the govHrnn-ent of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to h:-r nf a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions,... | |
 | David Hume - 1882 - 614 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife QJ a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | London readers - 1884 - 216 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with, some considerable exceptions, arc the object... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is', to lay aside all those considerations, and consider ' ) forth alway. will: The noblest mind the mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Short essays - 1885 - 208 pages
...But the true method of estimating her merit is to lay aside all these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority,...difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress ; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 pages
...those considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in authority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Roelof van der Pijl - Dutch language - 1893 - 372 pages
...considerations, and consider her mere! as a rational being, placed in authority, and entrusted witi the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife, or a mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - History - 1893 - 460 pages
...these considerations, and consider her merely as a rational being placed in anthority, and intrusted with the government of mankind. We may find it difficult to reconcile our fancy to her as a wife or a mistress; but her qualities as a sovereign, though with some considerable exceptions, are the object... | |
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