 Walpole was, however, fond of perusing and quoting Horace, to whom, in his private character, he might, perhaps, not unaptly be compared. He was good-tempered, joyous, and sensual, with an elegant taste for the arts; a warm friend, an indulgent master,...  History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles ... - 第 406 頁Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope 著 - 1839完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1836 - 568 頁
...education, — that it is of far more importance to have the mind well disciplined than richly stored — strong rather than full. Walpole was, however, fond...Houghton, gave his enemies no small handle for invective. He should have recollected that the display of wealth by a Prime Minister is always unpopular with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions bad been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 426 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 318 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | 1879 - 1042 頁
...Walpole was not much worse than his brother squires when he gave occasion to the saying of Savage : ' The whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics back to obscenity.' On the least provocation the mob became unmanageable ; and not Methodists only,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 446 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. He was banished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 頁
...universally detested, he observed, that his acquisitions had been small, or that his capacity was narrow, and that the whole range of his mind was from obscenity to politics, and from politics to obscenity. But the opportunity of indulging his speculations on great characters was now at an end. — He was... | |
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