 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...rectitude* At ene time he tyrannizes over the will, and at another times deludes the understanding. He is by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the...writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the direet path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings'= ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...rectitude. At one time he tyrannizes over the will, and at another times deludes the understanding. He is by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the...writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the direct path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...magnanimous, nothing open, nothing direct in his measures, or in his mind. On the contrary, he had too often pursued the worst objects by the worst means....was an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived; and was by turns a DIONYSIUS and a SCAPJN. As well might the writhing obliquity... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...nothing magnanimous, nothing open, nothing direct in his measures or his mind. On the contrary, he pursued the worst objects by the worst means. His course was an eternal deviation from rectitude. At one time he tyrannized over the will, and at another time deluded the understanding. He was by turns... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 pages
...rectitude. At one time he tyrannized over the will, and at another time deluded the understanding. He was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquy of the serpent be compared to the direct path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's... | |
 | David Hume - 1811 - 506 pages
...nothing magnanimous, no" thing open, nothing direct, in his measures or his mind : on the contrary, he pursued the worst objects by the " worst means ; his course was an eternal deviation from " rectitude : at one time he tyrannized over the will, and " at another time deluded the understanding; he was... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 422 pages
...— nothing open — nothing direct in his measures, or in his mind ; — on the contrary, he had too often pursued the worst objects by the worst means....writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the fwift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 428 pages
...magnanimous — nothing open—nothing direct in his measures, or in his mind;—on the contrary, he had too often pursued the Worst objects by the worst means....either tyrannised or deceived; and was by turns a Dionyy . Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. In his^mind all was shuffling,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1816 - 744 pages
...magnanimous, nothing open, nothing direct in his measures, or in his mind. On the contrary, he had too often pursued the worst objects by the worst means....was an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquity... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...— nothing open — nothing direct in his measures, or in his mind ; — on the contrary, he had too often pursued the worst objects by the worst means....was an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was by turns a Dyonisius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquity... | |
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He either tyrannised or deceived, and was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings' ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine... 
