 His pride, like Lord Egremont's, taught him much civility. He spoke readily and agreeably, and only wanted matter and argument. His profusion in building, planting, and on a favourite mistress, had brought him into great straits, from which he sought...  Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third - Page 255by Horace Walpole - 1845Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...was the weakest, but at the same time the most amiable of the three. His pride, like Lord Egremont's, taught him much civility: he spoke readily and agreeably ; and only wanted matter and argument. His profusiou in building, planting, and on a favorite mistress, had brought him m; great straits, from... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1845 - 824 pages
...was by far the weakest, and at the same time the most amiable man. Hin pride, like Lord Egermont's, taught him much civility. He spoke readily and agreeably,...rather carried away by his vices than sensible of them. And now, having seen Pitt and Grenville, let us call up another great spirit, Edmund I3urke, and observe... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 618 pages
...was by far the weakest, and at the same time the most amiable man. His pride, like Lord Egermont's, taught him much civility. He spoke readily and agreeably, and only wanted matter and argument. His prolusion in building, planting, and on a favorite mistress, had brought him into great straits, from... | |
 | 1846 - 352 pages
...weakest, but at the same time most amiable of the three. His pride, like Lord Egremont's, taught him mufti civility : he spoke readily and agreeably ; and only...sought to extricate himself by discreditable means.' — Ib. Then came the first Rockingham administration. ' The nomination of LORD ROCKINGHAM for minister... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1846 - 634 pages
...' was the weakest, but at the same time most amiable of the three. His pride, like Lord Egremont's, taught him much civility : he spoke readily and agreeably...on a favourite mistress, had brought him into great struits, from which he sought to extricate himself by discreditable means' — ib. Then came the first... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1846 - 610 pages
...agreeably ; and only wanted matter and argument. His profuston in building, planting, and on a favorite mistress, had brought him into great straits, from...sought to extricate himself by discreditable means.' — ib. Then came the first Rockingham administration. ' The nomination of LORD ROCKINGHAM for minister... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1846 - 636 pages
...Lord Egremont's, taught him much civility : he spoke readily and agreeably j and only wanted mailer and argument. His profusion in building, planting,...on a favourite mistress, had brought him into great struits, from which he sought to extricate himself by discreditable means.' — ib. Then came the first... | |
 | George Thomas Keppel Earl of Albemarle - Great Britain - 1852 - 446 pages
...Halifax was by far the weakest, at the same time, most amiable man. His pride, like Lord Egremont's, taught him much civility. He spoke readily and agreeably, and only wanted matter and argument. He aimed at virtues he could not support, or rather was carried away by his vices than sensible of... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1875 - 400 pages
...changed. " His profusion in building, planting, and on a favourite mistress," writes Walpole in 1763, "had brought him into great straits, from which he...carried away by his vices than sensible of them." 2 Again, the same authority writes in 1765: "Lord Halifax had been guilty of worse corruption : he... | |
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