 Whitlocked, with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, "with more •wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, •with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and" -with a better grace in all his -words and actions, than did this...  The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ... - Page 2781817Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - 1854 - 558 pages
...arms of the great Author of my existence.' 6 ' Certainly,' says Whitlocke,7 with his usual candor, ' never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre,...wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, iudgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all his words and actions, than did this great and... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1854 - 472 pages
...arms of the great ' Author of my existence." " Certainly," says Whitelock, (with his usual candour,) " never any man acted such a part on such " a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloQ 3 ' qucnce ; with greater reason, judgment, and temper; ' and with a better grace in all his words... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1854 - 560 pages
...says Whitlocke *, with his usual candour, never any man acted such a part, on such a theatre, tcith more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence, with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with a better (/race in all his words and actions, Hum did this great and excellent person; and he moved the hearts... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Great Britain - 1855 - 462 pages
...pathetic words.* "Certainly," adds Whitelock, * The bitter Baillie says,—" At the end he made such a " never any man acted such a part on such a theatre...temper; and with a better grace in all his words and gestures." He moved many men to pity: but Pym was - pitiless; he considered the life of the great criminal,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1855 - 556 pages
...the committee that drew up the impeachment. " Never," he says, " any man acted such a part, on sucli a theatre, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence,...judgment, and temper, and with a better grace in all bis words and actions, than did this great and excellent person, and he moved the hearts of all his... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1856 - 422 pages
...Certainly," says Whitelock (with his usual candor,) " never any man acted such a part on such a theater, with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence; with greater...temper; and with a better grace in all his words and actions,—than did this great and excellent person: and he moved the hearts of all his auditors (some... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...man,' wrote Whitelock, who was the chairman of the committee of impeachment, ' acted such a part in such a theatre with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence — with greater reason, judgment, and temper — with a better grace in all his words and gestures — than this great and excellent person did... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 594 pages
...man,' wrote Whitelock, who was the chairman of the committee of impeachment, ' acted such a part in such a theatre with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence — with greater reason, judgment, and temper — with a better grace in all his words and gestures — than this great and excellent person did... | |
 | English literature - 1856 - 668 pages
...man,' wrote YVhitelook, who was the chairman of the committee of impeachment, ' acted such a part in such a theatre with more wisdom, constancy, and eloquence — with greater reason, judgment, and temper — with a better grace in all his words and gestures — than this great and excellent person did... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...culprit. " Certainly," says he, in closing his touching narrative of Strafford's trial and execution, " never any man acted such a part on such a theatre,...with greater reason, judgment, and temper, and with better grace in all his words and gestures, than this great and excellent person did, and he moved... | |
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