 | 1795 - 532 pàgines
...or extinguished in his love of wealth. That liberality which nature has denied him, with respeft of money, he makes up by a great profusion of promises...so necessary in courts» is not very successful in camp» among soldiers, who are not rei fined enough to understand or td ielish it. . » . • His wife... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 460 pàgines
...liberality which nature has denied him, with respect to money, he makes up by a great pro5 fusion - fusion of promises : but this perfection, so necessary in...camps among soldiers, who are not refined enough to understandor to relish it. His wife the duchess, may justly challenge her place in this list. It is... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 680 pàgines
...learned in armies and courts. We are not to take the height of his ambition from his soliciting to he general for life : I am persuaded his chief motive...duke is chiefly indebted for his greatness and his fell; for above twenty years she possessed without a rival the favors of the most indulgent mistress... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 298 pàgines
...or extinguished in his love of wealth. That liberality which nature has denied him, with respect of money, he makes up by a great profusion of promises...soldiers, who are not refined enough to understand and relish it." XIII. PROLOGUE TO THE DISTRESSED MOTHER. Steele's lines bear witness to the authority... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 556 pàgines
...no intention of settling the crown in his family, his only son having been dead some years before. That liberality which nature has denied him with respect...justly challenge her place in this list. It is to her that the Duke is chiefly indebted for his 1 Campaign with Turenne, 1672. 5 Blenheim, 1704. * The reader... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1902 - 468 pàgines
...or extinguished, in his love of wealth. That liberality which nature has denied him, with respect of money, he makes up by a great profusion of promises...are not refined enough to understand or to relish it.5 His wife, the Duchess, may justly challenge her place in this list. It is to her the Duke is chiefly... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1902 - 482 pàgines
...or extinguished, in his love of wealth. That liberality which nature has denied him, with respect of money, he makes up by a great profusion of promises...are not refined enough to understand or to relish it.5 His wife, the Duchess, may justly challenge her place in this list. It is to her the Duke is chiefly... | |
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He is noted to be master of great temper, able to govern or very well to disguise his passions, which are all melted down or extinguished in his love of wealth. That liberality which nature has denied him with respect to money, he makes up by a great... 