 ... when he knew any man to be good, he reposed in him an entire confidence, which prevented his prudence from degenerating into a vice. He had vices in his composition, and great ones; but they were the vices of a great mind: ambition, the malady of...  The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Página 413por Edmund Burke - 1812Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1812 - 540 páginas
...the vices of a great mind; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise ; one chiefly actuated his youth, the...pleasures of love, never reached his aspiring nature." With this character of William the First, in which he has tastefully avoided all those affected discriminations,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1813 - 600 páginas
...the vices of a great mind : ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the...opposed him. Nor was the rigour of his mind to be soflened but with the appearance of extraordinary fortitude in bis enemies, which, by a sympathy congenial... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 páginas
...the vices of a great mind ; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the ' wise ; one chiefly actuated his youth," the...the pleasures of love, never reached his aspiring naЪге. " Introduction of Christianity into Northumbria. Edwin, King of Northumbria, married Ethelburga... | |
 | 1822 - 440 páginas
...the vices of a great mind ; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius; and avarice tbe madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed his age. The viceiof younc and light minds, tbe joys of wine nnd the pleasures of love, never reached Iii9 aspiring... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 páginas
...were those of a great mind: ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth ; the...and the pleasures of love never reached his aspiring ambition. Burke. of the Latin Church. Sts. Gorgonius, Dorotheas, and Companions, Chamberlains of the... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1832 - 428 páginas
...the vices of a great mind ; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed his age. The general run of men he looked on with contempt, and treated with cruelty when they opposed him." 2.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1838 - 440 páginas
...the vices of a great mind; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed his age. The general run of men he looked on with contempt, and treated with cruelty when they opposed him." 2.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1847 - 414 páginas
...and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed his age. The general run of men he looked on with contempt, and treated with cruelty when they op posed him." 2. He disgusted the English by promoting his Norman followers to all offices of importance.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1849 - 428 páginas
...and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed b>/ age. The general run of men he looked on with contempt, and treated with cruelty when they opposed him." 3. By his forest laws he reserved to himself the exclusive privilege of killing game throughout the... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1851 - 440 páginas
...the vices of a great mind ; ambition, the malady of every extensive genius ; and avarice, the madness of the wise : one chiefly actuated his youth, the other governed his age. The general run of men he looked on with contempt, and treated with cruelty when they opposed him." 2.... | |
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