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" He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other ambition than of knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of all good men ; and that made him too much a contemner of those arts, which must be indulged... "
Twelve years' Queen's scholarship questions - Page 4
by Education Ministry of - 1882
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 488 pages
...thofe pallions and affeäions which attend vulgar Minds, and was guilty of no other Ambition truJi of Knowledge, and to be reputed a Lover of all good Men , and that made him too much a contemner of thole Arts, which muft be indulged in the tranfaâions of human Affairs. In the laft ihort Parliament,...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1707 - 496 pages
...wasfuperior to all thofe paflions and affections which attend vulgar Minds, and was guilty of noother Ambition than of Knowledge, and to be reputed a Lover of all good Men j and that made him too much a contemner of thofe Arts, which muft be indulged in the tranfadtions...
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Memoirs British and Foreign, of the Lives and Families of the Most ...

John Le Neve - Biography - 1712 - 958 pages
...be tyred, and a Generofity not to be exhanfted. He was free from all thofe Paffions and Affections which attend vulgar Minds, and was guilty of no other Ambition than Knowledge , and to be reputed a lover of his Country and all good Men, and an Enemy to Injuftice and...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ..., Volume 2, Part 1

Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1717 - 500 pages
...publifh'd to the World. HE was fuperior to all thofe paffions and affections which attend vulgar Minds,and was guilty of no other Ambition than of Knowledge,...Lover of all good Men .and that made him too much a cbntemner of thofe Arts, which muft be indulged in the tranfactions of human Affairs. In thelaftfhort...
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The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year ...

Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1731 - 508 pages
...publifh'd to the World. HE was fuperior to all thofe paffions and affections which attend vulgarMinds.and was guilty of no other Ambition than of Knowledge,...good Men ; and that made him too much a contemner of jhoie Arts, which muft be indulged in the traniactions of human Affairs. In the laft fhort Parliament,...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England ..., Volume 2, Issue 1

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1731 - 502 pages
...and that they were not publi/h'd to the \Torld. HE was fuperior to}all thofe paffions and affeftions which attend vulgar Minds, and was guilty of no other Ambition than of Knowledge, and tote reputed a Lover of.all good Men ; and that made him tob much a contemner of thofe Arts, which...
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The British Magazine, Or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & Ladies, Volume 2

English literature - 796 pages
...refolution of learning the Greek tongue. Ho w.is fuperior to all thofe pallions and affeclions which affedt vulgar minds ; and was guilty of no other ambition...knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of all good men. , , Many attempts were made by the inftigation of his mother (who wai a lady of another peifualion...
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The British Magazine, Or, Monthly Repository for Gentlemen & Ladies

English literature - 742 pages
...refutation of learning the Creek tongue. He was fuperior to all thofe pafiions and affections which .1 :«it vulgar minds ; and was guilty of no other ambition than of knowledge, and to be reputed a lo\er of all good men. Many attempts were made by the infHgation of his mother (who was a lady of another...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...and consent made current in vulgar conversation. He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other...lover of all good men ; and that made him too much a confemner of those arts, which must be indulged in the transactions of human affairs. The great opinion...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 548 pages
...that they were not published to the, •world. He was superior to all those passions and affections which attend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other...be indulged in the transactions of human affairs. In the last short parliament he was a burgess in the House of Commons; and from the debates, which...
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