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" He was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good breeding ; in which his delight was. Besides that, he was amorous in poetry and music... "
The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year ... - Page 507
by Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1717
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The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year ...

Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1731 - 304 pages
...fuftain'd the vexation and fatigue of it fb long, than that he broke from it with fo little circumfpedion. He was a very fine Gentleman, active, and full of Courage, and moft accomplim'd in thofe Qualities of Horfeinanfhip, Dancing, and Fencing, which accompany a good breeding;...
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Characters of Eminent Men in the Reigns of Charles I and II: Including the ...

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1793 - 268 pages
...towards him. II. 201 WILLIAM CAVENDISH, CR. EARL, MARQUIS, AND DUKE OF NEWCASTLE-— DIED MDCLXXVI. HE was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Volume 2, Page 2

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1807 - 536 pages
...little circumfpection. He was a very fine gentleman, aclive, and full of courage, and moft accomplifhed in thofe qualities of horfemanfhip, dancing, and fencing,...accompany a good breeding ; in which his delight was. Betides that he was amorous in poetry and mufic, to which he indulged the greateft part of his time...
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An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County ..., Volume 2

Eneas Mackenzie - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1825 - 550 pages
...several cottages inha* The following character of this personage is drawn by Lord Clarendon : — " He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, to which ..., Volume 4

Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 652 pages
...sustained the vexation and fatigue of it so long, than that he broke from it with so little circumspection. He was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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The Dramatic Works of John Ford: The lover's melancholy. The broken heart ...

John Ford - 1831 - 424 pages
...from which we extract such passages as serve to show his attachment to literature and the fine arts. " He was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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The dramatic works of John Ford, with an intr. and notes [by W. Harness?].

John Ford - 1831 - 396 pages
...from which we extract such passages as serve to show his attachment to literature and the fine arts. " He was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns

Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...and poetical was by no means so conspicnous as in his royal master. According to the noble historian, "he was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing which accompany a good breeding,...
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Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1833 - 636 pages
...sustained the vexation and fatigue of it so long, than that he broke from it with so little circumspection. He was a very fine gentleman, active and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing and fencing, which accompany a good breeding;...
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1669-1683

Edmund Lodge - Great Britain - 1835 - 312 pages
...would perhaps have been difficult to reconcile the whole of this nobleman's character, informs us that "he was a very fine gentleman, active, and full of courage, and most accomplished in those qualities of horsemanship, dancing, and fencing, which accompany a good...
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