 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1762 - 478 pages
...1. 4. prai. '.' . Burnet, in the hiftory of his own times, giving Lord Sunderland's chara&er, fays, His own notions were always good ; but he was a man of great expence. I have feen a woman's face break out in heats, as fhe has been talking againft a great lord,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...Commentaria, I. 4. prin. Burnet, in the hiftory of his own times, giving Lord Sunderland's character, fays, His own notions were always good ; but he was a man of great expence. I have feen a woman's face break out in heats, as fhc has been talking againft a greal Lord,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Criticism - 1777 - 348 pages
...things which have no relation to one another. As Burnet, in giving Lord Sunderland's character : " His own notions were always good ; but he " was a man of great expence." Every paragraph ought certainly to be independent, in grammatical conftruction at leaft,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...our bed is green." Burnet, in the hiilory of his own times, giving Lord Sunderiand's charaâtr, fays; "His own notions were always good ; but he was a man of great expence." " I have feen a woman's face break out in heats, at fhe has been talking againil a great... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 562 pages
...Burnet) of a clear and ready apprehension, and a quick decision in business. He had too much heat, both of imagination and passion, and was apt to speak...notions were always good ; but he was a man of great expence, and in order to the supporting himself, he went into the prevailing counsels at court ; by... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 580 pages
...Burnet) of a clear and ready apprehension, and a quick decision in business. He had too much heat, both of imagination and passion, and was apt to speak...things. His own notions were always good ; but he was lf^~ a man of great expence, and in order to the supporting ' - -- himself, he went into the prevailing... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...obfervation : Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleafant : alfo our bed is green. Song of Solomon. His own notions were always good ; but he was a man of great expence. Burnet's Hist. of his own Times. himfclf ; and your Lordfhip will forgive this .Ihort excurfion.... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 604 pages
...was a man of a clear and ready apprehension, and a quick decision in business. He had too much heat both of imagination and passion, and was apt to speak...-notions were always good, but he was a man of great expence. And in order to the supporting himself, he went into the prevailing counsels at court : and... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 604 pages
...was a man of a clear and ready apprehension, and a quick decision in business. He had too much heat both of imagination and passion, and was apt to speak...notions were always good, but he was a man of great expence. And in order to the supporting himself, he went into the prevailing counsels at court : and... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...Commtnluria, l. iv. firin. Burnet, in the History of his own Times, giving Lord Sunderland's character, says, His own notions were always good; but he was a man of great expense. I have seen a woman's face break out in heats, as she has been talking against a grc,.i lord, whom... | |
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was a man of a clear and ready apprehension, and a quick decision in business. He had too much heat, both of imagination and passion, and was apt to speak very freely both of persons and things. 
