| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says, he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...the zenith of his power, envying his victim! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue! What an affecting and forcible testimony of the value... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...however, whose veracity is above susdid, within one hour of eternity, but as for me ." picion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony of the value... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...every species of traditional history. Wbodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value... | |
| John Foster - Essays - 1844 - 432 pages
...Argyle, and saw him sleeping as pleasantly as ever man did, within an hour of eternity. But as for me' What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind,...the zenith of his power envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 790 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value... | |
| Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1846 - 498 pages
...every species of traditional history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It...the zenith of his power, envying his victim! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1846 - 756 pages
...had it from the most unquestionable authority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who is there who would not wish it true ? What a satisfactory spectacle...the zenith of his power envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to the value... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review (1802) - 1846 - 794 pages
...however, whose veracity is above suspicion, says he had it from the most unquestionable auihority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who is there that would not wish it true f What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind, to see the oppressor, in the zenith of his... | |
| Electronic journals - 1881 - 670 pages
...every species of traditionary history. Woodrow, however, whose veracity ia above question, says he had it from the most unquestionable authority. It is not in itself unlikely ; and who ia there that would not wish it to be true t " — Reign of Jama II., p. 405 (Bogue, 1846). EDWARD... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1851 - 424 pages
...and saw him sleeping as pleasantly as ever man did, within an hour of eternity ! But ;is for me ." What a satisfactory spectacle to a philosophical mind,...zenith of his power, envying his victim ! What an acknowledgment of the superiority of virtue ! What an affecting and forcible testimony to that peace... | |
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