| Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 страници
...were improved by study and experience. When I was in England the king depended much on his councils, and the government seemed to be chiefly supported...which is not soon lost, when it is purchased so dear. One day when 1 was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who took... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1816 - 340 страници
...sharply, though decently to them, and by that he discovered their spirit and presence of mind ; wkh which he was much delighted, when it did not grow...which is not soon lost, when it is purchased so dear. One day when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who took... | |
| Maria Hack - 1825 - 490 страници
...did not grow up to impudence, as bearing a great resemblance to his own temper ; and he looked upon such persons as the fittest men for affairs. He spoke...which is not soon lost when it is purchased so dear*." In the family of this acute observer of the varieties of character, the little More could not long... | |
| Sir Thomas More (Saint) - 1834 - 358 страници
...wisdom and virtues, than for the high character he bore. He was of a middle stature, not broken with age ; his looks begot reverence rather than fear ;...which is not soon lost when it is purchased so dear. " One day, when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who... | |
| 1834 - 368 страници
...seemed to be chiefly supported by him ; for from his youth he had been all along practised in affair^ and having passed through many traverses of fortune,...which is not soon lost when it is purchased so dear. " One day, when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who... | |
| William Joseph Walter - 1840 - 404 страници
...leaned upon him. From his youth he had been practised in affairs; and having experienced many reverses of fortune, he had with great cost acquired a vast...wisdom; which is not soon lost, when it is purchased so dearly." Nor was Morton less attached to his ward. " He much delighted in his wit and towardness,"... | |
| Saint Thomas More - 1841 - 372 страници
...he had been practised in affairs ; and having passed through many traverses of fortune, he had, at great cost, acquired a vast stock of wisdom ; which is not soon lost, when purchased so dear.* " One day when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table a certain English... | |
| Saint Thomas More - 1845 - 356 страници
...in affairs ; and having passed through many traverses of fortune, he had acquired to his great cost, a vast stock of wisdom : which is not soon lost, when it is purchased so dear. One day, when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who... | |
| Thomas More (st.) - 1845 - 358 страници
...in affairs; and having passed through many traverses of fortune, he had acquired to his great cost, a vast stock of wisdom : which is not soon lost, when it is purchased so dear. One day, when I was dining with him, there happened to be at table one of the English lawyers, who... | |
| England - 1850 - 456 страници
...weightily ; he was eminently skilled in the law ; had a vast understanding and a prodigious memory : from his youth he had been all along practised in...which is not soon lost when it is purchased so dear." Henry the Seventh was buried in Westminster Abbey, in his own beautiful chapel, and the magnificent... | |
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