 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 610 pages
...subject of doubt amongst his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge...himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and boldassertor of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1878 - 512 pages
...subject of doubt amongst his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge;...them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, iu which he was always outwitted; and one who feared war, where conquest might have been easy. He was... | |
 | Albert Stratford George Canning - 1879 - 392 pages
...the lawless population were almost independent of any law except of their own making. 1 'James was deeply learned without possessing useful knowledge,...sagacious in many individual cases without having any real wisdom, fond of his power and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet wiIling to resign the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Crusades - 1886 - 922 pages
...subject of doubt amongst his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge...direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favorites ; a big and bold assertorof his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1898 - 1012 pages
...subject of doubt among his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge...direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favorites ; a big and bold assertor of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on... | |
 | 1905 - 614 pages
...Dublin. SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION. Mr. KELLY, Senior Inspector. Mr. SEMPLE, District Inspector. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge;...sagacious in many individual cases, without having real Spelling in-i wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augPunctu.tion. Juent it> ygt... | |
 | Walter Scott - Fiction - 1906 - 510 pages
...subject of doubt amongst his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge...himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and bold ' asserter of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations,... | |
 | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - English fiction - 1911 - 352 pages
...subject of doubt among his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge;...direction of that, and of himself, to the most unworthy favorites; a big and bold assertor of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1914 - 406 pages
...Fool in Christendom," is admirably drawn in Scott's historical novel, The Fortunes of Nigel: "He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge; sagacious in many individual cases, without naving real wisdom; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 538 pages
...subject of doubt amongst his contemporaries, and bequeathing it as a problem to future historians. He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge...himself, to the most unworthy favourites ; a big and bold asserter of his rights in words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations,... | |
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He was deeply learned, without possessing useful knowledge; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that and of himself, to the... 
