 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...remarkable as his talents for debate. " He was," says Clarendon, "of an industry and vigilance not to.be tired out or wearied by the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp. " Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1875 - 876 pages
...intrepidity which made him conspicuous even among thousands of brave mco, " He was," says Clarendon, " of a personal courage equal to his best parts ; so that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever ho might have been made a friend, and as much to be apprehended where he was so, as any man could deserve... | |
 | James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 674 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. ' He was,' says Clarendon, ' of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious, rmd of facts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp.' Yet it was rather to his moral than... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Character - 1876 - 408 pages
...Louis XIV., " that iings govern." When Clarendon described Hampden, io6 [CHAP. IV. he spoke of him as " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts." While in the midst... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer.) - 1879 - 256 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. ' He was,' says Clarendon, ' of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious, and of facts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp.' Yet it was rather to his moral than to... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1880 - 1274 pages
...supreme governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired...that he was an enemy not to be wished wherever he * Clarendon, vol. iv. p. 88. might have been made a friend; and as much to be apprehended where he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 668 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. " He was," says Clarendon, " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...supreme governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired...laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that he was an enemy not to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English - 1880 - 844 pages
...His talents for business were as remarkable as his talents for debate. "He was," says Clarendon, " of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or...laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtie and sharp." Yet it was rather to his moral than to his intellectual qualities that he was indebted... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 pages
...that he can toil terribly," is an electric touch. So are Clarendon's portraits, — of Hampden ; " who was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out...the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed on by the most subtle and sharp, and of a personal courage equal to his best parts," — of Falkland;... | |
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He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out or wearied by the most laborious ; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts... 
