 ... him for having violated the articles of the Petition of Right, after having, for good and valuable consideration, promised to observe them : and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning. It is to such considerations...  Miscellaneous Works of Lord Macaulay - Page 44by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880Full view - About this book
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...prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face, and his peaked beard, that...conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a <rocd man and a treacherous friend. We cannot, in estimating the character of an individual, leave... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1869 - 498 pages
...six o'clock, in the morning! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke-dress, his handsome face, and his peaked beard, that he owes,...with the present generation. For ourselves, we own 1hat we do not understand the common phrase, a good raan, buta bad king. We can as easily conceive... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 504 pages
...considerations as these, logether with his Vandyke-dress, his hamlsome face, and his peaked bcard, that ne owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with...common phrase, a good man, but a bad king. We can as ea«ily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good man and a treacherous friend. We cannot,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face, and his peaked beard, that...owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with tic present generation. ' For ourselves, we own that we do not understand the common phrase, a good... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 572 pages
...prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face, and his peaked beard, that he owes, we verily believe, moat of his popularity with the present generation. ' For ourselves, we own that we do not understand... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - English literature - 1871 - 496 pages
...such considérations as thèse, together with his Vandyke-dress, his handsome face, and his peakeii beard, that he owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with thé présent génération. For ourselves, we own that we do not understand thé common phrase, a good... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...falsehood. " For ourselves, we own that we do not understand the phrase, a good man but a bad king, *r can as easily conceive a good man and an unnatural father, or a good roan and a treacherous friend We cannot. In climating the character of an Individual, leave out of... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - Readers - 1872 - 418 pages
...prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face, and his peaked beard, that he owes, we veiily believe, most of his popularity with the present generation. 4. For ourselves, we own that we... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - Literary Criticism - 1874 - 570 pages
...morning ! It is to such considerations as these, together with his Vandyke dress, his handsome face, auii his peaked beard, that he owes, we verily believe, most of his popularity with ti3 present generation. • For ourselves, we own that we do not understand the common phrase, a good... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1874 - 336 pages
...respect : — " For ourselves we own (confess) that we do not understand (comprehend) the common (usual) phrase, a good man, but a bad king ; we can as easily conceive (apprehend) a good man and an unnatural (brutal) father, or a good man and a treacherous (tricky) friend.... | |
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