 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 488 pages
...though not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army ; but, in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 526 pages
...not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St Paul ; and, in every deed of mischief, he hud a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death t HA p. of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the XLVIII. Roman... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 542 pages
...persuasive eloquence could bend to every situation and character of life; and in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army; but in the... | |
 | James Carruthers - Scotland - 1831 - 596 pages
...of the way. The business was chiefly entrusted to the Earl of Morton, who in every deed of mischief had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. That Earl employed his cousin, George Douglas, who was also bastard uncle to the King, and continually... | |
 | John [prose] Milton - 1848 - 590 pages
...though not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." (Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. ix. p. 93.) The rest of his character, and his adventures,... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 pages
...eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and beauty, and temperate in an extraordinary degree," with a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." The sister of the empress became his spouse without the sanction of the legal authority. For attempting... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1853 - 1136 pages
...capacities, he received a careful education, and the persuasive power of his eloquence was so great, that he was equally dangerous to kings and queens...After being released, he received the com-mand in Cilicia, and he went there accompanied by Eudoxia Comnena, the niece of the emperor Manuel, who lived... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1857 - 598 pages
...eloquent, accomplished, of singular grace and beauty, and temperate in ah extraordinary degree, " with a heart to, resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute." The sister of ihe empress became his spouse without the sanction of the legal authority. For attempting... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 pages
...though not his practice, was fashioned by the example of St. Paul ; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. In his youth, after the death of the emperor John, he followed the retreat of the Roman army ; but, in... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - Classical biography - 1861 - 1116 pages
...they both degenerated into luxury and cruelty. In every deed or mischief, •ays Gibbon (ch. 4Я), he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and...captivity. After being released, he received the command in Cilicia, and he went there accompanied by Eudoxia Comnena, the niece of the emperor Manuel, who lived... | |
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Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. 
