Memoirs of the life, works, and correspondence of sir William Temple, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1836 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 39
... engaged myself further than I am able to perform , and that all I talk of what is owing to me in England is empty and vain , as all expectations of that nature are like to prove ; and all this they endeavour to infuse , even there where ...
... engaged myself further than I am able to perform , and that all I talk of what is owing to me in England is empty and vain , as all expectations of that nature are like to prove ; and all this they endeavour to infuse , even there where ...
Page 44
... engaged in the preparation for it ; besides that , I remember the sum itself was not , in the Duke of Ormond's and your lordship's opinion , thought proportioned with much advan- tage to that time itself , but suited rather to the ...
... engaged in the preparation for it ; besides that , I remember the sum itself was not , in the Duke of Ormond's and your lordship's opinion , thought proportioned with much advan- tage to that time itself , but suited rather to the ...
Page 48
... engaged ourselves at parting in a correspondence both of letters and kindness . And after this sort I shall ever treat with all persons that have the honour of the King's commands , or your lordship's friendship . How merry and orderly ...
... engaged ourselves at parting in a correspondence both of letters and kindness . And after this sort I shall ever treat with all persons that have the honour of the King's commands , or your lordship's friendship . How merry and orderly ...
Page 50
... engaged his credit and the utmost of my own , to make it be- lieved that , in spite of all the unlucky accidents which have hitherto traversed our intentions , all agreements shall be punctually and suddenly per- formed . It becomes not ...
... engaged his credit and the utmost of my own , to make it be- lieved that , in spite of all the unlucky accidents which have hitherto traversed our intentions , all agreements shall be punctually and suddenly per- formed . It becomes not ...
Page 55
... engaged the Bishop to open himself clearly to you , declaring you have no instructions but to follow those he will give you . " Temple was much gratified with the appointment , but took no notice of the singular hints with which it was ...
... engaged the Bishop to open himself clearly to you , declaring you have no instructions but to follow those he will give you . " Temple was much gratified with the appointment , but took no notice of the singular hints with which it was ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abroad affairs allies ambassador answer appear assure bassador believe Bishop Brussels Charles Clarendon confidence counsels court D'Estrades Danby desire doubt Duke Dutch Earl endeavour engaged England English esteem favour Flanders France French give Hague Holland honour hope humour instructions interest Ireland journey King King of England King's knew Lady Giffard league Leoline Jenkins letter Lionne Lord Arlington Lord Keeper lordship Louis Majesty Majesty's Marquis matter mediation Memoirs ment ministers Munster negotiation never Nimeguen occasion offer opinion Ormond parliament parties peace perhaps person persuaded pleased Prince of Orange Prince's proposed reason received resolution says Temple sent Sept Sir John Temple Sir John Trevor Sir Orlando Bridgeman Sir William Temple Spain Spaniards Spanish sure Sweden tell Temple's thing thought tion told trade treaty treaty of Breda Trevor Triple Alliance Witt Witt's
Popular passages
Page 413 - God before, as now your extreme affliction ; and your loss may have been a punishment for your faults in the manner of enjoying what you had. It is at least pious to ascribe all the ill that befalls us to our own demerits, rather than to injustice in God ; and it becomes us better to adore...
Page 77 - Exigat, et pulchra facial te prole parentem." 75 Aeolus haec contra : " Tuus, o regina, quid optes, Explorare labor, mihi jussa capessere fas est. Tu mihi quodcumque hoc regni, tu sceptra Jovemque Concilias, tu das epulis accumbere divum, Nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.
Page 504 - Well, I never yet was deceived in judging of a man's honesty by his looks;" — of which he gave Temple some examples, — " and if I am not deceived in the Prince's face, he is the honestest man in the world, and I will trust him, and he shall have his wife.
Page 411 - I think any disposition of mind can either please him more, or become us better, than that of being satisfied with all he gives, and contented with all he takes away. None, I am sure, can be of more honour to God, nor of more ease to ourselves ; for if we consider him as our maker, we cannot contend with him ; if as our father, we ought not...
Page 412 - If you look about you, and consider the lives of others as well as your own; if you think how few are born with honour, and how many die without name or children; how little beauty we see, and how few friends we hear of; how many diseases, and how much poverty there is in the world; you will fall down upon your knees, and, instead of repining at one affliction, will admire so many blessings which you have received from the hand of God.
Page 23 - Their glittering baits, and purple slavery, Nor hopes the people's praise, nor fears their frown, Nor, when contending kindred tear the crown, Will set up one, or pull another down.
Page 403 - Now that government which by any of these, or all these ways, takes in the consent of the greatest number of the people, and consequently their desires and resolutions to support it, may justly be said to have the broadest bottom, and to stand upon the largest compass of ground ; and, if it terminate in the authority of one single person, it may likewise be said to have the narrowest top, and so to make the figure of the firmest sort of pyramid.
Page 286 - ... else, but in good plain sense, with show of application if he had business that deserved it, and that with extreme good agreeable humour and dispositions; and thus far of his way without any vice. Besides, being sleepy always by ten o'clock at night, and loving hunting as much as he hates swearing, and preferring cock ale* before any sort of wine.
Page 412 - The style periodique is, where the sentences are composed of several members linked together and hanging upon one another, so that the sense of the whole is not brought out till the close.
Page 363 - ut tu semper eris derisor!' at omnes di exagitent me si quicquam. 'quid, militibus promissa Triquetra 55 praedia Caesar an est Itala tellure daturus?' iurantem me scire nihil mirantur ut unum scilicet egregii mortalem altique silenti. perditur haec inter misero lux non sine votis: o rus, quando ego te aspiciam? quandoque licebit 60 nunc veterum libris, nunc somno et inertibus horis ducere sollicitae iucunda oblivia vitae?