 ... address. Obstinacy, bigotry, violence, cruelty, malignity, revenge, tyranny ; every circumstance of her character took a tincture from her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices which entered into her composition,...  The family history of England - Page 32by George Robert Gleig - 1836Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 488 pages
...entered into her compofition, we fhall fcarcely find any virtue but fincerity ; a quality which fhe feems to have maintained throughout her whole life ; except in the beginning of her reign, when the neceffity of her affairs obliged her to make fomc promifes to the proteftants, which fhe certainly... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...entered into her compofition, \vc mall fcarcely find any virtue but fincerity ; a quality which ihc feems to have maintained throughout her whole life, except in the beginning of her reign, when the neceffity of her affairs obliged her to make fomc promues to the Protcftants, which flic certainly... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...entered into her compofition, we fliall fcarcely find any virtue but fmcerity; a quality uhich ihe feems to have maintained throughout her whole life, except in the beginning of her reign, when the necelficy of her affairs obliged her to make ¡bme promifes to the P, rotcftants, which (he certainly... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...entered into her compofuion, we ihall fcaicely find any virtue but fmcerity ja quality wliich ihc: re cms to have maintained throughout her whole life, except in the beginning of her reign, when the neceflky of her afiairs obliged her to make fome promifes totk Protcllants, which Ihe certainly never... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 480 pages
...from her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...protestants, which she certainly never intended to perform. But in these cases a weak bigotted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry CHA... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...from her had temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...Protestants, which she certainly never intended to perform. But in those cases a weak higotted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry sufficient... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 540 pages
...her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices, which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...Protestants which she certainly never intended to perform. But in these cases a weak bigoted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry sufficient... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 512 pages
...her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices, which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...Protestants which she certainly never intended to perform. But in these cases a weak bigoted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry sufficient... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 542 pages
...her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of •vices, which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...the beginning of her reign, when the necessity of ber affairs obliged her to make some promises to the Protestants which she certainly never intended... | |
 | David Hume - 1818 - 1818 - 488 pages
...from her bad temper and narrow understanding. And amidst that complication of vices which entered into her composition, we shall scarcely find any virtue...protestants, which she certainly never intended to perform. But in these cases a weak bigotted woman, under the government of priests, easily finds casuistry CHAP,... | |
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