 What can be more extraordinary, than that a person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the happiness...  The Works of Abraham Cowley - Page 54by Abraham Cowley - 1806Full view - About this book
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...fortune, no emi" nent qualities of body, which have sometimes, " nor shining talents of mind, which have often, " raised men to the highest dignities, should have " the courage to attempt, and the abilities to CKC" cute, so great a design as the subverting one of " the most ancient and best established... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 476 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no pminenl qualities ut body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...the destruction of one of the most ancient, and most solid founded monarchies upon the earth ? Thai he should havi the power, or boldness, to put his prince... | |
 | Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often raised men to the highest dignities, .should...as the destruction of one of the most ancient, and, in all appearance, most solidly founded monarchies upon earth ? That he should have the power or boldness... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities ol body, which have sometimes, or oi mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...happiness to succeed in, so improbable a design, as the ilr i nil-nun ol one of the most ancient, and most solid founded monarchies upon the earth ? That he... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 286 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous and stronglyallied family ; to do all this under the name... | |
 | Great Britain - 1810 - 696 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often raised men to the highest dignities, should...as the destruction of one of the most ancient, and, in all appearance, most solidly founded monarchies upon earth ? That he should have the power or boldness... | |
 | Great Britain - 1810 - 630 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often raised men to the highest dignities, should...as the destruction of one of the most ancient, and, in all appearance, most iolidly founded monarchies upon earth ? That he should have the power or boldness... | |
 | 1810 - 620 pages
...fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, -which have often raised iiu'ii to the highest dignities, should have the courage...as the destruction of one of the most ancient, and, in all appearance, most solidly founded monarchies upon earth ? That he should have the power or boldness... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...person of mean birth, np fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, w of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to atsigns1 . By this speech, I began to understand perfectly well what kind of angel his pretender! highness... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1819 - 368 pages
...person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind, which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should...boldness to put his prince and master to an open and infamous death ; to banish that numerous and strongly-allied family ; to do all this under the name... | |
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