 ... made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down princes. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory except virtue....  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 125by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 360 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the great picture in the Councilchamber at Calcutta, Mens asqua in arduis ; — such was the aspect with... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, — such was the aspect with which the great proconsul presented himself to his judges. His counsel... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, 10 indicated also habitual self-possession and self-respect,...inflexible decision, a face pale and worn, but serene, — such was the aspect with which the great proconsul presented himself to his judges. 15 The charges... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...had loved him, 5 and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...which, while it indicated deference to the court, 10 indicated also habitual self- possession and self-respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 758 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...was written, as legibly as under the picture in the cotmcilchamber at Calcutta, Mens cequa in arduis; such was the aspect with which the great proconsul... | |
 | Cecilia Lucy Brightwell - 1866 - 262 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...was written, as legibly as under the picture in the Council Chamber at Calcutta, Mens aqua in arduis ; such was the aspect with which the great proconsul... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the great picture in the council chamber at Calcutta, ° liens ceqna in arduis ; — such •was the aspect... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the great picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, Mens aqua in ardvit ; — such was the aspect with... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. 8. He looted like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...serene, on which was written, as legibly as under the great picture in the council-chamber at Calcutta, " a mind calm amid difficulties."* Such was the aspect... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 pages
...most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...inflexible decision ; a face pale and worn, but serene, — such was the aspect with which the great proconsul presented himself to his judges. His counsel... | |
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