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. . . a kind of semi-Solomon, half-knowing everything from the cedar to the hyssop. - The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay by George Trevelyan (vol. 1, p. 175), about Henry Brougham [Knowledge] Will without power is like children playing at soldiers. - quoted by The Rovers (act IV), found in "Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin" [Will] And the chief-justice was rich, quiet, and infamous. - Warren Hastings [Character] In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall. - Warren Hastings [Churches] It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds. - Warren Hastings [Humanity] Displaying page 7 of 7 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7]
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