 | David Hume - 1775 - 480 pages
..." who will be tbe man of v—*-' " bis people, is the greateft king in the world : But if he !^74" will be any thing more, he is nothing at all." The king heard at firft this difcourfe with fome impatience ; but being a dextrous diflembler, he feemed moved at laft,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 432 pages
...efteera. " A king of England, " faid Gourville , "who " will be the man of his pcnplc, is the greateft , " king in the world : But if he will be any thing " more, he is nothing at all." The king heard< at firft, this difcourfe with fome impatience; but being a dextrous diflembler , he feemed moved at laft... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1789 - 580 pages
...appearing cordiality, " And I will be the man of my « people." man of his people, is the greatell king in the " world : But if he will be any thing more, he is TEMPLE, when he went abroad, foon found, that the fcheme of mediating a peace was likely to prove abortive.... | |
 | William Butler - 1795 - 242 pages
...A king of England, faid Gourville, a Frenchman, who will be the man of his people, is the greateft king in the world : but if he will be any thing more, HE 1s NOTHING AT ALL. By a fundamental law of the realm, the Britifh forereign muft profefs the PROTESTANT... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 502 pages
...respect. " A king of England," said Gourville, on hearing of our dissensions, " who will be the " MAN of his people, is the greatest king in the world ; but if " he will be something more, by God I he is nothing at all." The king, who had listened with impatience at first,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1808 - 740 pages
...England," said Gourvillo, "who will be ' üie man of his people/ is the greatest king in the world : hut if he will be any thing more, he is nothing at all."...this discourse with some impatience ; but being a dextrous dissembler, he seemed moved at last, and, laying his hand on Tempte's, said, with an appearing... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 842 pages
...king had entertained a great esteem : " A king of England," said Gourville, " who will be ' the man of his people,' is the greatest king in the world . but if he will be any thing more, be is nothing at all." The king heard, at first, this discourse with some impatience ; but being a... | |
 | 1811 - 550 pages
...telling him what Gourville had once said to him, viz. " that a king of England who will be the man of his people, is the greatest king in the world, but if he will be any thing more, byG — d, lie will become nothing at all." — The king, says he, heard m« throughout attentively,... | |
 | William Butler - Arithmetic - 1811 - 548 pages
...A king of England, faid Gourville, a Frenchman, who will be the man of bis people, is the greateft king in the world ; but if he will be any thing more, * Seven inftancec, however, occur, from the time of William, the Norman to the prefent period, in which... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 576 pages
...King had entertained a great esteem. " A " King of England," said Gourville, " who will be " the man of his people, is the greatest King in " the world...this discourse with some impatience ; but being a dextrous dissembler, he seemed moved at last, and, laying his hand on Temple's, said with an appearing... | |
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who is willing to be the man of his people, is the greatest king in the world, but if he wishes to be more, by heaven he is nothing at all! 
