| James Hogg - Ballads, Scots - 1819 - 456 pages
...accomplished; a learned lawyer, a just judge, courteous and good-natured; but withal so entirely abandoned to serve the court measures, be what they will, that...paper, which the court might fill up with what they pleased. As he thus sacrificed his honour and principles, so he likewise easily deserted his friend,... | |
| Thomas Stephen - Scotland - 1844 - 734 pages
...constitutional manner. The earl of Seafield, principal secretary of state, who, Mr. Lockhart says," was a blank sheet of paper, which the court might fill up with what they pleased," came down to influence the elections, and it so happened " that a greater number of men of... | |
| Thomas Stephen - Scotland - 1844 - 696 pages
...constitutional manner. The earl of Seafield, principal secretary of state, who, Mr. Lockhart says, " was a blank sheet of paper, which the court might fill up with what they pleased," came down to influence the elections, and it so happened " that a greater number of men of... | |
| Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1895 - 488 pages
...courteous, and good natured, but withal so i ut i rely abandon'd to serve thecourt measures, be they what they will, that he seldom or never consulted his own inclinations, but, wns a blank sheet of paper which the court minili till up with what they pleas'd. As he thus Mii-ntice.l... | |
| James Mackinnon - Scotland - 1896 - 556 pages
...evidently appeared from his changing sides so often, and cleaving to that party he found rising. . . . He was finely accomplished, a learned lawyer, a just judge, courteous and goodnatured ; but, withal, so entirely abandoned to serve the Court measures, be what they will, that he seldom or never... | |
| James Mackinnon - Scotland - 1896 - 578 pages
...evidently appeared from his changing sides so often, and cleaving to that party he found rising. . . . He was finely accomplished, a learned lawyer, a just judge, courteous and goodnatured ; but, withal, so entirely abandoned to serve the Court measures, be what they will, that he seldom or never... | |
| William Law Mathieson - Scotland - 1905 - 444 pages
...with the hounds. Contemporaries describe him as “not sincere,” as “a man of all parties,” as “a blank sheet of paper which the Court might fill up with what they pleased”;' and these appreciations are amply corroborated by the tenor of his public life. The second... | |
| William Law Mathieson - Scotland - 1905 - 430 pages
...hunt with the hounds. Contemporaries describe him as " not sincere," as " a man of all parties," as " a blank sheet of paper which the Court might fill up with what they pleased"; 2 and these appreciations are amply corroborated by the tenor of his public life. The second... | |
| James Mackinnon - Scotland - 1907 - 552 pages
...evidently appeared from his changing sides so often, and cleaving to that party he found rising. . . . He was finely accomplished, a learned lawyer, a just judge, courteous and goodnatured ; but, withal, so entirely abandoned to serve the Court measures, be what they will, that he seldom or never... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1911 - 686 pages
...intrigue. Such qualities made of him a facile and useful tool; but " his mind," as a contemporary says, " was a blank sheet of paper, which the Court might fill up with what they pleased." His adherence might help in political exigency, but it could not attract one jot of popular... | |
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