 | Christian literature, English - 1876 - 796 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...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 négociations,... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 752 pages
...his power, and desirous to retain and augment it, yet willing to resign the direction of that power and of 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 610 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...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 - Crusades - 1886 - 922 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...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
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...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
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, in which he was always outwitted ; and one who feared war, where conquest... | |
 | Walter Scott - Fiction - 1906 - 510 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...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,... | |
 | Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1910 - 332 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, in which he was always outwitted ; and one who feared war, where conquest... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1910 - 612 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, in which he was always outwitted ; and one who feared war, where conquest... | |
 | Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1910 - 312 pages
...possessing useful knowledge ; sagacious in many individual cases, without having real wisdom ; fond of his power, and desirous to maintain and augment it, yet...words, yet one who tamely saw them trampled on in deeds ; a lover of negotiations, in which he was always outwitted ; and one who feared war, where conquest... | |
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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... 
