 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...freedom, not because he was haughty and intractable, but because he was beneficent and humane. " He dred at a fortunate time, before he could feel, by a decisive...only, and cannot be assured of any external support. " A sober, unaffected, unassuming piety, the basis of all ffue morality, gave truth and permanence... | |
 | John Britton, John Hodgson - Architecture - 1812 - 1036 pages
...are, rendered him an inflexible patriot. He was devoted to the cause of freedom, not because be was haughty and intractable, but because he was beneficent...virtues. " He died at a fortunate time, before he conld feel, by a decisive proof, that virtue, like his, must be nourished from its own substance only,... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - Falconry - 1813 - 568 pages
...Occasion, into enlarged public Affections. He was devoted to the Cause of FREEDOM, not because he was haughty and intractable, but because he was beneficent...all true Morality, gave Truth and Permanence to his WORTH. He died at a fortunate Time, before he could feel, by a decisive Proof, that VIRTUE, like his,... | |
 | John Bigland - 1815 - 1038 pages
...was devoted to the cause of freedom, not because be was haughty and intractable, but because he vas beneficent and humane. •• A sober, unaffected,...piety, the basis of all true morality, gave truth and periaauetute to his virtues. « H* •• He died at a fortunate time, before he coirid feel, by a... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - 1852 - 700 pages
...because he was beneficent and humane. A sober, unaffected, unpresuming piety, the basis of all sure morality, gave truth and permanence to his virtues....Let his successors, who daily behold this monument, \ 488 CHARACTER OF LORD ROCKINGHAM. [1782. consider that it was not built to entertain the eye, but... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - 1852 - 508 pages
...because he was beneficent and humane. A sober, unaffected, unpresuming piety, the basis of all sure morality, gave truth and permanence to his virtues. He died at a fortunate time, before he eould feel, by a decisive proof, that virtue like his must be nourished from its own substance only,... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - 1852 - 504 pages
...are, rendered him an inflexible patriot. He was devoted to the cause of freedom, not because he was haughty and intractable, but because he was beneficent and humane. A sober, unaffected, unpresuming piety, the basis of all sure morality, gave truth and permanence to his virtues. He died... | |
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... occasion into enlarged public affections. The very same tender, benevolent, feeling, liberal mind, which, in the internal relations of life, conciliated the genuine love of those who see men as they are, rendered him an inflexible patriot. He was... 