 | Karl Friedrich Becker - 1844 - 834 pages
...oon jel;ntaufenb ^funb Sterling erlegen, bie tb,n an ben 33ette[|ïab braute. 2in ben Äonig 3u№ we are apt altogether to. forget her frailties, we think of her faults «i'li leas indignation, and approve of our lours, as if they were shed for a person who had attained... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...woman, we are apt to be struck with the highest admiration of her great qualities and exten24* tion, those tragical distresses which fancy has feigned...attained much nearer to pure virtue. With regard to the queen's person, a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign, all contemporary... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...fo'rmer, rather than accu'se th'e perve'rseness of the latvter. Mary's sufferings exce'ed (both in degr'ee and in dura'tion) those tragical distre'sses/ which...shed for a p'erson/ who had attained much ne'arer/ to pu're-virtue. With regard to the queen's pevrson, (a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 pages
...former, rather than accuse the perverseness of the latter. Mary's sufferings exceed, both in degree and in duration, those tragical distresses which fancy...person who had attained much nearer to pure virtue. Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 400 pages
...former, rather than accuse the perverseness of the latter. Mary's sufferings exceed, both in degree and in duration, those tragical distresses which fancy...attained much nearer to pure virtue. With regard to the queen's person, a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign, all contemporary... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...rather than accuse' the perverseness' of the latter*. MaryV sufferings' exceed', both' in degree* and duration', those tragical' distresses* which fancy*...we survey' them, we are apt altogether' to forget* herfrailties ; we think' of her faults* with less indignation', and approve' of our tears*, as if they... | |
 | Georges Hardinge Champion - 1849 - 548 pages
...duration, those tragical distresses which fancy lias feigned to excite sorrow and commisération ; and while we survey them , we are apt altogether to...our tears as if they were shed for a person who had attain^d much nearer to pure virtue. With regard to thé queen's person, a circums'lsnce not to be... | |
 | 1849 - 668 pages
...the sufferings of the wretched inhabitants of that Island ; sufferings that exceed, in intensity and duration, those tragical distresses which fancy has feigned to excite sorrow and commiseration. Sir, I have read in THUCYDIDEI the account of the plague of Athens ; I have read in MANZONI a statement... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...former, rather than accuse the perverseness of the latter. Mary's sufferings exceed, both in degree and in duration, those tragical distresses which fancy...attained much nearer to pure virtue. With regard to the queen's person, a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign, all contemporary... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...former rather than accuse the perverseness of the latter. Mary's sufferings exceed, both in degree and in duration, those tragical distresses which fancy...attained much nearer to pure virtue. With regard to the Queen's person, a circumstance not to be omitted in writing the history of a female reign, all contemporary... | |
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Mary's sufferings exceed, both in degree and in duration, those tragical distresses which fancy has feigned to excite sorrow and commiseration; and while we survey them, we are apt altogether to forget her frailties ; we think of her faults with less... 
