 Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - 第 549 頁John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees 著 - 1812完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Lucius Sergius CATILINA - 1795 - 342 頁
...invite, solicit, and inveigle, all whom he thought fit for his purposes; and what he could he dared ; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute. He had the exact measure of every man's abilities, and could assign to each his proper... | |
 | Eccentric biography - 1801 - 352 頁
...in these remarkable terms : — " In a word, what was said of Cinna, might well be applied to him; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief." The grandson of the great Hampden, and knight of the shire for the county of Bucks, was fined 40,0001.... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 512 頁
...metaphorically to signify energy or power, as the heart is to signify affection, or the head intellect. '* He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief," says a noble historian, of the leader of a hostile party ; by which,... | |
 | n. hooke - 1806 - 518 頁
...State) was a man of singular strength bpth of body and mind, but of a disposition extremely vicious. He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, the' hardiest attempt. From his youth up, he took pleasure in civil broils, civil... | |
 | John Watkins - 1807 - 1014 頁
...was shot by a pistol in a skirmish in Oxfordshire in 1G4.J. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute, any mischief." — ClarfaJan'j Hut. oftbt RcleUio«. 1 1л.. i SA, a mohammedan doctor, who wrote a hook against the... | |
 | 1811 - 448 頁
...was actuated by ambition, or by zeal for his country's welfare. Lord Clarendon observes of him, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a heart to execute any mischief. The events which followed the death of Hampden induce us to believe that he died in the zenith of his... | |
 | Sallust - 1807 - 474 頁
...vite, solicit, and inveigle, all whom he thought fit for his purposes; and what he could he dared ; he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute. He had the exact measure of every man's abilities, and could assign to each his proper... | |
 | 1809 - 304 頁
...and died the 24th of June, 1643. Lord Clarendon has " compared him to Cinna, of whom it was said, " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief." 39. JOHN PYM, ESQ. Engraved ly Houbraken,from a Picture in the Possession... | |
 | Daniel Neal, Edward Parsons - 1811 - 802 頁
...fought against the court, Lord Clarendon says (if this be not an interpolation of the editors) that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief. A most unaccountable character of one whom his lordship had commended... | |
 | John Britton - 1812 - 1070 頁
...a pleasing group of scenery. STCHAJNT, thougl) scarcely remaining in vestiges, etiam periere ruinx, should not pass unnoticed by the observant traveller....which here environ both sides of the river, stands, BRYNKINA.LLT, lately new fronted, and gothicised, formerly a large brick mansion, has the monotony... | |
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