 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 Seiten
...was ignorant of fear: his persuasive eloquence could bend to every situation and character of life; and in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve,...the hunter was encompassed by the Turkish huntsmen, and he remained some time a reluctant or willing captive in the power of the sultan. His virtues and... | |
 | James Carruthers - 1831 - 596 Seiten
...of the way. The business was chiefly entrusted to the Earl of Morton, who in every deed of mischief had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. That Earl employed his cousin, George Douglas, who was also bastard uncle to the King, and continually... | |
 | William Smith - 1850 - 1116 Seiten
...but they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, says Gibbon (ch. 48), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their captivity. After... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1848 - 590 Seiten
...ignorant of fear. His persuasive eloquence could bend to every situation and character of life ; his ttyle though not his practice, was fashioned by the example...resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. ix. p. 93.) The rest of his character, and his adventures,... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 Seiten
...eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and beauty, and temperate in an extraordinary degree," with a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." The sister of the empress became his spouse without the sanction of the legal authority. For attempting... | |
 | William Smith - 1853 - 1136 Seiten
...but they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, says Gibbon (ch. 48), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their cap-tivity. After... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1857 - 598 Seiten
...eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and beauty, and temperate in ah extraordinary degree, " with a heart to, resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." The sister of ihe empress became his spouse without the sanction of the legal authority. For attempting... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 Seiten
...hands, it was the well-earned fruit of a laborious chase. Dexterous in arms, he was ignorant of fear : his persuasive eloquence could bend to every situation...the hunter was encompassed by the Turkish huntsmen, and he remained some time a reluctant or willing captive in the power of the sultan. His virtues and... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - 1861 - 1116 Seiten
...they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, •ays Gibbon (ch. 4Я), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their captivity. After... | |
 | William Smith - 1867 - 1113 Seiten
...but they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, says Gibbon (eh. 48), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In 1141 he was made prisoner by the TurksSeljuks, and remained during a year in their captivity. After... | |
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Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. 
