 This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems - Page 8by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will, which was the most striking peculiarity...evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die. When he was eight years old, his uncle, Howard,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will, which was the most striking peculiarity...evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die. When he was eight years old, his uncle, Howard,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pages
...his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will, which was the most striking peculiarity...Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was at Daylesford... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...with that calm but indomitable spirit which distinguished his, as it does every other really great character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his heart was still at Daylesf ord; and after innumerable vicissitudes of fortune, he returned there to... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...with that calm but indomitable spirit which distinguished his, as it does every other really great character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his heart was still at Daylesf ord ; and after innumerable vicissitudes of fortune, he returned there to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 618 pages
...millions of Asiatics ; " but," says Lord Macaulay, " when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed forever, it was to Daylsford he retired to die." Pages might be filled with the names of those statesmen who have carved... | |
 | 1859 - 620 pages
...millions of Asiatics ; " but," says Lord Macaulay, " when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed forever, it was to Daylsford he retired to die." Pages might be filled with the names of those statesmen who have carved... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 pages
...life ; and he pursued his determination through youth up to manhood, with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. The poor orphan boy became one of the most powerful men of his time ; he retrieved the fortunes of... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 332 pages
...inflexible, obtained for the youth the writership, and he was sent to India. Here he rose through indomitable force of will, which was the most striking peculiarity of his character, to be Governor-General of Bengal. Lord Macaulay touchingly says: " When, under a tropical sun, he ruled... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 588 pages
...his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. AVhen, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of... | |
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