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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... "
The Atlantic Monthly - Page 295
1923
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

1831 - 652 pages
...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...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...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 1152 pages
...supreme governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power pver 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...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other men's. He wag »f an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or...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...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...affections, and had thereby a great power over other m He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tir out, or wearied by the most 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...
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Neal's History of the Puritans: Or, The Rise, Principles, and Sufferings of ...

Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - 1811 - 802 pages
...of a colonel on all occasions punctually, being a man of great personal courage, not to be tired out by the most laborious, and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle, but because he fought against the court, Lord Clarendon says (if this be not an interpolation of the...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 780 pages
...supreme governor over all his passions and affections, and had thereby a great power over other mens. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired...best parts, so that he was an enemy not to be wished whenever he might have been nude »arried Elizabeth, daughter of Clarke, Esq. and widow of John MarIey,ofGlynd,...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and ..., Volume 17

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 544 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...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that he was an enemy not to be wished...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1814 - 540 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...of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle and sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts : so that he was an enemy not to be wished...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 536 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...of parts not to be imposed upon, by the most subtle and sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts: so that he was an enemy not to be wished...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 3

Thomas Bayly Howell - 1816 - 786 pages
...suptot governor over all his passions, and aâectiuu:, and had thereby agréât power over other «no. He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired...most laborious and of parts not to be imposed upon, b; most subtle, or sharp ; and of a personal courage equal to his best purls ; so that he «a; an enemy...
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