 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...of that day, an<iciia. which had shone out with a mighty lustre in the racier. eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed fo the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends. than queen Elizabeth; and yet there is scarcely... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...is impossible he could be entirely exempt. SECTION XI. CHARACTEtt OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. THERE are few personages in history, who have been more' exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation ot' 'friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there scarcely is any, 'whose reputation has... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...lavbli, he sometimes was liberal, more especially to his The Character of Queen Elizabeth. There are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth, and yet there scarce is any whose reputation 1ms been more... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...evening of that day, and chswhich, had shone out with a mighty lustre in the ractereyes -of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have...been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any , whose reputation has been... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...replace her head-dress under a hedge near the road. Warton. CHARACTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. THERE are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth : and yet there scarcely is any, whose reputation has been... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 510 pages
...overcast the evening of that day which had shone out with a mighty lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumnies of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth, and yet there is scarcely... | |
 | John Adams - Great Britain - 1813 - 324 pages
...twentyfourth of March 1603, in the seventieth year of her age, and forty-fifth of her reign. There are few personages, in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth, and yet there is scarce any, whose reputation has been... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 502 pages
...overcast the evening of that day which had shone out with a mighty lustre in the. eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumnies of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth, and yet there is scarcely... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 528 pages
...overcast the evening of that day which had shone out with a mighty lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumnies of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth, and yet there is scarcely... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - English language - 1817 - 594 pages
...there is much to admire, but still more to abhor. The Character of Quetn £fi=aeeth. There are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth, and yet there scarce is any whose reputation has been more... | |
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There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent... 
