 | David Hume - 1810 - 576 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier : there was a sublimity... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 580 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1822 - 486 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity... | |
 | David Stewart - 1822 - 658 pages
...eager to acquire every species of military knowledge which study or actual service could bestow. " Brave, above all estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complaisant, and humane, the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier. There was a sublimity in his genius which soared... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 486 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1827 - 378 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...military knowledge that study could comprehend, that 1759actual service could illustrate and confirm. This noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to call... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1827 - 388 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...military knowledge that study could comprehend, that 1759. actual service could illustrate and confirm. This noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 466 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane ; the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier: there was a sublimity... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - 1834 - 548 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervor of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...estimation of danger, he was also generous, gentle, complacent, and humane : the pattern of the officer, the darling of the soldier : there «• .. a... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - 1834 - 534 pages
...lamented. He inherited from nature an animating fervor of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated...noble warmth of disposition seldom fails to call forth aud unfold the liberal virtues of the soul. Brave above all estimation of danper, he was also generous,... | |
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He inherited from nature an animating fervour of sentiment, an intuitive perception, an extensive capacity, and a passion for glory, which stimulated him to acquire every species of military knowledge that study could comprehend, that actual service could... 
