 He had a frame of mind that no complication of difficulties could ever succeed to inspire with a doubt of his power to conquer them. The fertility of his conceptions, like the intrepidity of his spirit, was incapable of being exhausted. We seek in romance...  Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen - Page 14191830Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1828 - 590 pages
...afraid there will still remain some appearance of inconsistency. At one time we read ' Crdmwel was a man of great virtues, sincere in his religion, fervent...patriotism, and earnestly devoted to the best interests of his country;' and, at another we find, ' Cromwel was clearly hitherto, one of the mostflagrant usurpers... | |
 | Samuel A. Wells - 1830 - 876 pages
...Oliver, whose second son Robert was the father of the Protector. Cromwell was a man of great virtues, was fervent in his patriotism, and earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind. He had a frame of mind which no complication of difficulties could inspire with a doubt of his power... | |
 | Thomas Hay Marshall, Henry Adamson - 1849 - 574 pages
...consider a just view of the character of Cromwell by one who deeply studied it : — " Cromwell was a man of great virtues, sincere in his religion, fervent...earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind. He had a frame of mind that no complication of difficulties could ever succeed to inspire with a doubt... | |
 | Norrisson Cavendish Scatcherd - 1874 - 190 pages
...authority and as finé a writer as, perhaps, any age or nation can boast. "Cromwell," says Mr. Godwin, "was a man of great virtues, sincere in his religion, fervent...patriotism, and earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind.f He had a frame of mind that no complication of difficulties could ever succeed to inspire... | |
 | Norrisson Scatcherd - 1874 - 200 pages
...and as fine a writer as, perhaps, any age or nation can boast. " Cromwell," says Mr. Godwin, " was a man of great virtues, sincere in his religion, fervent...patriotism, and earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind.f He had a frame of mind that no complication of difficulties could ever succeed to inspire... | |
 | Peter H. Marshall - 1984 - 518 pages
...utilitarian grounds. Godwin devoted his fourth volume to Cromwell. He finds him a man of great virtue, 'sincere in his religion, fervent in his patriotism, and earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind'.158 He approves of his wish to reform the law, to assist the poor against the oppression of... | |
 | Benjamin Evans - 2001 - 376 pages
...things, and to pray together."—Life of Adam Martindale, p. 37. Cheetham Society. "Cromwell was n man of great virtues, sincere in his religion, fervent...earnestly devoted to the best interests of mankind." •—Goodwin, voL iv., p. vii. We cannot refrain from recommending to our readers an admirable lecture... | |
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