 | Powys-land Club - 1874 - 542 sivua
...remarkable wisdom and patriotic zeal. His eldest brother, Lord Herbert, describes him, "as not without passion and choler, being infirmities to which all our race is subject"; but if the weakness really existed, to the credit of George Herbert, it was unknown beyond the pale of... | |
 | a.b. grosart - 1876 - 606 sivua
...and exemplary ; inasmuch that about Salisbury, where he lived beneficcd for many years [three only], he was little less than sainted. He was not exempt...infirmities to which all our race is subject; but, that cxcepted, without reproach in his actions." Izaak Walton also penetrated to the heart of the matter,... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 720 sivua
...kind, yet are far short of expressing those perfections which he had in the Greek and Latin tongues. He was little less than sainted. He was not. exempt...but, that excepted, without reproach in his actions." The literary part of this criticism is delicious, and eminently characteristic. What greater proof... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 610 sivua
...kind, yet are far short of expressing those perfections which he had in the Greek and Latin tongues. He was little less than sainted. He was not exempt...but, that excepted, without reproach in his actions." The literary part of this criticism is delicious, and eminently characteristic. What greater proof... | |
 | Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - 1886 - 488 sivua
...divine and human literature: his life was most holy and exemplary; insomuch, that about Salisbury, where he lived, beneficed for many years, he was little...excepted, without reproach in his actions. Henry, 2 after he had been 1 Born at Montgomery Castle, 3d April 1593 ; educated at Westminster School; proceeded... | |
 | Edward Herbert Baron Herbert of Cherbury - 1886 - 478 sivua
...and human literature : his life was most holy and exemplary ; insomuch, that about Salisbury, where he lived, beneficed for many years, he was little...but that excepted, without reproach in his actions. Henry,2 after he had been 1 Born at Montgomery Castle, 3d April 1593 ; educated at Westminster School... | |
 | William Allingham - 1893 - 270 sivua
...parentage.' And here I must add a touch to the portrait, from his brother's autobiography : ' ' He (George) was not exempt from passion and choler, being infirmities...but, that excepted, without reproach in his actions.' This tendency, however, we may be sure, was well controlled and subdued, and only lived in him in later... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1893 - 244 sivua
...Lord Herbert says, "My brother George was most holy and exemplary, insomuch that about Salisbury hs was little less than sainted. He was not exempt from passion and choler, to which all our race is subject ; but that excepted, he was without reproach in his actions." Sir... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 sivua
...divine and human literature. His life was most holy and exemplary, insomuch that about Salisbury, where he lived beneficed for many years, he was little less than sainted. At school Lord Herbert was sometimes punished for fighting, but never for lying — I remember in that... | |
 | George Herbert, George Herbert Palmer - 1905 - 500 sivua
...351, 1. 6. 18. Fiercenesse, as in THE CHUBCH-POKCH, II, 51, 1. 307= excitability. "My brother George was not exempt from passion and choler (being infirmities...but that excepted, without reproach in his actions:" Lord Herbert's Autobiography. 24. Made a partie= raised a faction. The idea of a contest is continued... | |
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Latin tongue, and all divine and human literature: his life was most holy and exemplary; insomuch, that about Salisbury, where he lived, beneficed for many years, he was little less than sainted. He was not exempt from passion and choler, being infirmities... 
