Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1856 - 509 pages |
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Page 263 - It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Page 341 - ... mechanic arts. But now for the reverse of the medal : here it appeared that he was treacherous, cruel, cowardly, deceitful ; a liar, a cheat, a drunkard, and glutton ; a sharper in play, immersed in every species of vice, a...
Page 236 - The fourth, to divide all Christendom into a certain number of Powers, as equal as might be. The fifth, to reduce all the various religions in it under those three which should appear to be most numerous and considerable in Europe. Our conference was very long ; I cannot bestow praises upon the Queen of England that would be equal to the m.erit which I discovered in her in this short time, both as to the qualities of the heart and the understanding.
Page 340 - ... once learned ; he possessed all parts of philosophy and the mathematics, particularly fortification and drawing ; even in theology, he was so well skilled, that he was an excellent preacher, whenever he had a mind to exert that talent ; and an able disputant for and against the reformed religion, indifferently ; he not only understood Greek, Hebrew, and all the languages which we call learned, but also...
Page 340 - ... he attempted ; and of so prodigious a memory, that he never forgot what he had once learned; he possessed all parts of philosophy and the mathematics, particularly fortification and drawing; even in theology he was so well skilled, that he was an excellent preacher whenever he had a mind to exert...
Page 222 - ... his counter, and his knavery ? This abuse is necessarily productive of two others, confusion of ranks, and degeneracy of families ; which last is better proved by experience than argument. We need only take a view of that great number of mongrel gentry with which the court and city is filled, and we shall find them wholly destitute of the plain and manly virtue of their ancestors : no depth of thought, no solidity of judgment...
Page 393 - I was not a little surprised to behold that he was always served on the knee. A surtout, in form of a pyramid, was placed in the middle of the table, which contained most costly vessels, and, was even enriched with diamonds. The conversation continued the same as before, during great part of the entertainment. But an opportunity offering for the King to speak of the late Queen of England, he did it, and to my great regret, with some sort of contempt.
Page 309 - He recommended to me with great earnestness to be assiduous about her, and endeavour to make her approve of this journey; as likewise to procure her every kind of diversion that might alleviate her concern during the first days of his absence. He never wrote to me without making inquiry about the state of her health, and the manner in which she passed her time : and it may be truly said, that he never omitted giving her every instance of respect and tenderness that was able to make her forget the...
Page 340 - ... he had once learned ; he possessed all parts of philosophy and the mathematics, particularly fortification and drawing; even in theology he was so well skilled, that he was an excellent preacher whenever he had a mind to exert that talent, and an able disputant for and against the reformed religion indifferently...