O'Meara, Mrs. Thrale, or Boswell himself, ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who neither sought nor shunned greatness, who found glory only because glory lay in the plain... Genealogy of the Goodyear Family - Página 67por Grace Goodyear Kirkman - 1899 - 249 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1831 - 652 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who...only because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbours as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
| Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 530 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who...only because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbours as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself, — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who neither sought nor shunned greatness ; who f9und glory only because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than forty years, he was... | |
| Stephen Collins - 1842 - 318 páginas
...England at the birth * George Washington and John Hampden are among the few instances of great men who "neither sought nor shunned greatness; who found glory only because glory lay in the path of duty." Hampden was a most distinguished parliamentary debater and manager, a statesman, and... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader self the Dutch government, had no reason to be reserved....general coalition formed for the preservation of Fl During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbours as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
| Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 páginas
...walk, his blinking eye, the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation SEC. CXXIII. HAMPDEN shunned greatness : who found glory only, because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbors as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
| 1852 - 780 páginas
...Thrale, or Doswell himself— ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader at we speak of Cranmer. Mr. Hallam has been severely...placid severity, that " if we weigh the character During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbours as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who neither sought nor shunt.ed greatness; who found glory only because glorylay in the plain path of duty. During more than... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself — ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who neither sought nor shunried greatness; who found glory only because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 páginas
...Thrale, or Boswell himself— ever recorded concerning their heroes. The celebrated Puritan leader is an almost solitary instance of a great man who...only because glory lay in the plain path of duty. During more than forty years, he was known to his country neighbours as a gentleman of cultivated mind,... | |
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