 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 434 pages
...Clarendon, who has described him at some length, declares that nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure which he enjoyed in a full and ample...those who were in the highest degree obliged to him 4 . Granger adds, that he was master of many accomplishments, and much better qualified for a court... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 498 pages
...Clarendon, who has described him at some length, declares that nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure which he enjoyed in a full and ample...honour and ambition to serve the king when he saw in distress, and abandoned by most of those who in the highest degree obliged to him4. Granger , that... | |
 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1807 - 452 pages
...indulged the greateft part of his time; and nothing could have tempted him out of thofe paths of pleafure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to ferve the King when he faw him in diftrefs, and abandoned by moft of thofe who were in the higheft... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1807 - 536 pages
...the greateft part of his time ; and nothing could have ' tempted him out of thofe paths of pleafure, which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to ferve the King when he faw him in diftrefs, and abandoned by moft of thofe who were in the higheft... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 396 pages
...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time ; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and...in the highest degree obliged to him and by him." " In all actions of the field he was still present, and never absent in any battle ; in all which he... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 424 pages
...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time ; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and...in the highest degree obliged to him and by him." " In all actions of the field he was still present, and never absent in any battle ; in all which he... | |
 | John Ford - 1831 - 644 pages
...time; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a lull and ample fortune but honour, and ambition to serve...in the Highest degree obliged to him and by him." " " **t**** " In all actions of the Held he was still present, and never absent in •ny battle ; in... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time, and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and...ambition to serve the King when he saw him in distress. He liked the pomp and absolute authority of a General, and preserved the dignity of it to the full... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pages
...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time ; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and...in the highest degree obliged to him and by him." BoRN AD 1609. — DIED AD 1676. MATTHEW HALE was born at Alderley, in Gloucestershire, on the 1st of... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Lancashire (England) - 1836 - 774 pages
...to which he indulged the greatest part of his time, and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure, which he enjoyed in a full and...ambition to serve the King when he saw him in distress, lie liked the pomp and absolute authority of a Genera], and preserved the dignity of it to the full;... | |
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Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music, to which he indulged the greatest part of his time ; and nothing could have tempted him out of those paths of pleasure which he enjoyed in a full and ample fortune, but honour and ambition to serve the... 
