 | David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 608 pages
...tlj^t general policy that manageth them. His eminencies were three : i . His refervednefs : whereby he never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what he intended, never intended what he faid, and never faid what he thought ; whereby he carried it fo, that others mould do his bufmefs,... | |
 | Stephen Hyde Cassan - Bishops - 1827 - 618 pages
...original character in the following original terms: — "His reservedness," says Lloyd, "was such, that he never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what...that was to be traced like the fox, and read like Hebrew, backward : if you would know what he did, you must observe what he did not." — Page 102,... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...biography written a century after his death: " His reservedness was such, that he never did what be aimed at ; never aimed at what he intended ; never...to promote it. A man, that was to be traced, like a fox, and read, like Hebrew, backwards : if you would know what he did, you must observe, what he... | |
 | 1838 - 474 pages
...Winchester, from a biography written a century after his death: •' His reservedness was such, that he never did what he aimed at ; never aimed at what...should undermine theirs, when he seemed to promote it. Л man, that wai to be traced, like a fox, and read, like Hebrew, backwards : if you would know what... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - Booksellers and bookselling - 1839 - 1266 pages
...prelates original character, in the following original terms: — "His reservcdness was such, that he never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what...that was to be traced like the fox, and read like Hebrew, backward; if you would know what he did, you moat observe what he did not." + Joan Boucher,... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1845 - 672 pages
...Harleian MS. His eminenees were three, 1. Rescrvedness ; 2. Boldness - 3. Eloqueneo. Raervcrtnets. Whereby he never did what he aimed at— never aimed at what...never intended what he said — and never said what he intended : whereby he carried it so, that others should do his business. when they opposed it .. and... | |
 | Norfolk (England) - 1855 - 438 pages
...had any, were not easy to fathom, according to the account given by Lloyd, in his State Worthitt, who says, " He never did what he aimed at, never aimed...that was to be traced like the fox, and read like tho Hebrew, backward: if you would know what he did, you must observe what he did not." He died November... | |
 | John Eadie - Bible - 1876 - 468 pages
...Worthies," says of Gardyner, though their epigrammatic form gives his words an air of exaggeration, "He never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what he intended, and never said what he thought, whereby he carried it so that others should do his business when they... | |
 | John Eadie - Bible - 1876 - 476 pages
...Worthies," says of Gardyner, though their epigrammatic form gives his words an air of exaggeration, " He never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what he intended, and never said what he thought, whereby he carried it so that others should do his business when they... | |
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was such, that he never did what he aimed at, never aimed at what he intended, never intended what he said, and never said what he thought : whereby he carried it so, that others should do his business when they opposed it, and he should undermine theirs... 