 | William Roscoe - 1795 - 500 pages
...in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful, but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...The facility with which he turned from subjects of (a) " Soyons avares," says M. Tenhove, " du litre sacr£ de grand homme, " prodigue si souvent et si... | |
 | 1801 - 452 pages
...in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...highest importance to those of amusement and levity, s.ugge»ttd to his countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls in one body. Even his moral character... | |
 | William Roscoe - Florence (Italy) - 1803 - 446 pages
...which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful ; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken, in some degree, of the same... | |
 | Robert Huish - Queens - 1821 - 734 pages
...Caroline at this time engaged, there was scarcely one in which she did not succeed ; but she was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank in human estimation. Amongst the many virtues which particularly distinguished her serene highness, was that of charity... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1825 - 536 pages
...in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken, in some degree, CHAP. of the... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...describing him as ' a man who may be selected from all the characters of ancient and modern history, as exhibiting the most remarkable instance of depth...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken, in some degree, of the same... | |
 | Henry Fuseli - Art - 1831 - 472 pages
...which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful ; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken in some degree of the same diversity,... | |
 | Johann Heinrich Füssli - 1831 - 466 pages
...in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken in some degree of the same diversity,... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Poets, Italian - 1831 - 368 pages
...in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in which he was not eminently successful; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken in some degree of the same diversity,... | |
 | William Roscoe - 1883 - 638 pages
...successful; but he was most particularly distinguished in those which justly hold the first rank iu. human estimation. The facility with which he turned...countrymen the idea that he had two distinct souls combined in one body. Even his moral character seems to have partaken in some degree of the same diversity,... | |
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... genius, which, piercing through the various combinations and relations of surrounding circumstances, sees all things in their just dimensions, and attributes to each its due. Of the various occupations in which Lorenzo engaged, there is not one in... 