 | 1802 - 558 pagina’s
...confcious they do not poflels. Thus Lord Hardwicke valued himlelf more upon being a great Minifter of State, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great Magiftrate, which he certainly was. All his notions were clear, but none of them great — good order... | |
 | 1805 - 608 pagina’s
...without some little tincture of the pleader. Men are apt to mistake, or at least to seem to mistake, their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...himself more upon being a great minister of state, which be certainly was not, than upon being a great magistrate, which he certainly was. All his notions were... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pagina’s
...without some little tincture of the pleader. Men are apt to mistake, or at least to seem to mistake, bein" t great minister of state, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great magistrate, which... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 332 pagina’s
...without some little tincture of the pleader. " Men are apt to mistake, or at least seem to mistake their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...which he certainly was not, than upon being a great Chancellor, which he certainly was j all his notion* were clear, but none of them great. Good order... | |
 | Joseph Parkes - 1828 - 670 pagina’s
...Chesterfield, his most immodest eulogist, admits that Lord Hardwicke " valued himself more upon being 11 great minister of state, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great chancellor, which he certainly was." This eminent lawyer was the son of an attorney at Dover, aud originally... | |
 | 1832 - 504 pagina’s
...not without some little tincture of the pleader. Men are apt to mistake, or at least seem to mistake their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...which he certainly was not, than upon being a great Chancellor, which he certainly was. All his notions were clear, but none of them great. Good order... | |
 | 1843 - 528 pagina’s
...ability as a lawyer. " Men are apt to mistake," says lord Chesterfield, "or at least to seem to mistake their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...not possess. Thus lord Hardwicke valued himself more on being a great minister of state, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great magistrate,... | |
 | Peter Orlando Hutchinson - 1844 - 300 pagina’s
...without some little tincture of the pleader. Men are apt to mistake, or at least, to seem to mistake, their own talents, in hopes perhaps, of misleading...being a great magistrate, which he certainly was. And it is a strange thing that men should, in this perverse manner, run away from the talents which... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 pagina’s
...more doubtful. " Men are apt to mistake," says Lord Chesterfield, " or at least to seem to mistake, their own talents — in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...not possess. Thus Lord Hardwicke valued himself more on being a great minister of state, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great magistrate,... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 584 pagina’s
...ability as a lawyer. " Men are apt to mistake," says Lord Chesterfield, " or at least to seem to mistake their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading...not possess. Thus Lord Hardwicke valued himself more on being a great minister of state, which he certainly was not, than upon being a great magistrate,... | |
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He was an agreeable, eloquent speaker in parliament, but not without some little tincture of the pleader. " Men are apt to mistake, or at least to seem to rnfstake, their own talents, in hopes, perhaps, of misleading others to allow them that which they... 
