Hanover, that if the ambition of those about him had not been greater than his own, we should never have seen him in England ; and the natural honesty of his temper, joined with the narrow notions of a low education, made him look upon his acceptance... The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - עמוד 94מאת Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - 1837תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| Jonathan Swift, William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 596 דפים
...was more dull than indolent; and the plain honesty of his temper, joined with the narrow notions of a low education, made him look upon his acceptance of...act of usurpation, which was always uneasy to him. He had no taste for literature or the arts, and was very parsimonious." — Wade's British History,... | |
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