 | 1805 - 608 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...elevation of mind, necessary for great good, or great * The author of a letter addressed to Dr. Smith, and said to have been written by a dignitary of the... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1810 - 692 pagina’s
...\\it, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. lie was very able as a minister, but without a certain...mind, necessary for great good, or great mischief. Profuso and appctent, his ambition \vas subservient to his design of making a great fortune.— He... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...good or great mischief. Profuse and appetent, his amhition was subservient to his desire of making a great fortune. He hail more of the Mazarin than... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is ahvays inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...a great fortune. He had more of the Mazarine than the Richelieu. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing great ones for glory.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in bis station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. ountrymen? The Americans have been wronged ; they have been driven to madness Mazarin than of the Richelieu. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing great... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1828 - 270 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always ;nconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...desire of making a great fortune. He had more of the Mazarin than the Richelieu. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing great ones... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Esq. Alfred Howard - 1831 - 306 pagina’s
...which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He waa very able as a minister, but without a certain elevation...desire of making a great fortune. He had more, of the Mazarin than the Richelieu. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing great ones... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1847 - 574 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a Minister, but without a certain...desire of making a great fortune. He had more of the Mazarin than of the Richelieu. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing great... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...Profuse and appetent, his ambition was subservient to the desire of making a great fortune. He would do mean things for profit, and never thought of doing... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pagina’s
...wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister, but without a certain...of mind necessary for great good or great mischief. JProfuse and appetent, his ambition was subservient to his desire of making a great fortune. He had... | |
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In private life he was good-natured, cheerful, social ; inelegant in his manners, loose in his morals. He had a coarse, strong wit, which he was too free of for a man in his station, as it is always inconsistent with dignity. He was very able as a minister,... 
