 ... 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
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Emma C. Davis - 1896 - 232 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 the judges. Neither the culprit... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1892 - 344 pages
...had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny 10 him no title to glory, except virtue. He looked like a great man, and not like a bad man. A person...court, indicated also habitual self-possession and self- 15 respect, a high and intellectual forehead, a brow pensive, but not gloomy, a mouth of inflexible... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 460 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 arduis; — such was the aspect with... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1896 - 800 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... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 464 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 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 small and emaciated, yet deriv5 ing dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 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 small and emaciated, yet deriv5 ing dignity from a carriage which, while it indicated deference to the court, indicated also... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 236 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 aqua in arduis ; — such was the aspect with... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1898 - 514 pages
...man. A person small and emaciated, yet deriving dignity from a Carriage which, while it indicated a deference to the court, indicated also habitual self-possession...was written, as legibly as under the picture in the council chamber at Calcutta, " a mind calm under difficulties"; such was the aspect with which the... | |
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