 He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that and of himself to the...  Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 421905Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 610 pages
...having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and boldassertor of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1878 - 512 pages
...having real wisdom; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most...them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, iu which he was always outwitted; and one who feared war, where conquest might have been easy. He was... | |
 | Walter Scott - Fiction - 1906 - 510 pages
...having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and bold ' asserter of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations,... | |
 | Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1910 - 332 pages
...having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most...war, where conquest might have been easy.' ' He was laborious in trifles, and a trifler where serious labour was required ; devout in his sentiments, and... | |
 | Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1910 - 312 pages
...having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most...war, where conquest might have been easy.' ' He was laborious in trifles, and a trifler where serious labour was required ; devout in his sentiments, and... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1914 - 406 pages
...having real wisdom; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most...feared war, where conquest might have been easy." In gentle King Jamie he had a model of which the grotesque absurdity needed pruning rather than exaggerating,... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 538 pages
...having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and bold asserter of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations,... | |
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