... he was disinterested and unassuming ; ever careless of acquiring the approbation of the great, or the admiration of the multitude, he was more desirous to be really good than to appear so ; ready to do justice to the merit of another, he esteemed... The life of general de Zieten, tr. by B. Beresford - Strana 216podľa Luise Johanne L. von Blumenthal - 1803Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1809 - Počet stránok 306
...esteemed every one who was commendable for conduct and virtues, and openly contemned such as -wereJegraged by their vices. He was prompt to obey the orders of...incidental execution of those orders. Incapable of beading iiuiler the yoke of fear, or servilely cringing t» authority, he invariably supported his... | |
| 1817 - Počet stránok 206
...appear so ; ready to do justice to the merit of another, he esteemed every one who was commendable for his conduct and virtues, and openly contemned...character on every occasion. Such had been the general tenor of his conduct during the two Silesian wars, that he was considered as the tutelary genius of... | |
| William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald De Ros (23d baron) - 1851 - Počet stránok 594
...appear so. Ready to do justice to the merit of another, he esteemed every one who was commendable for conduct and virtues, and openly contemned such as were degraded by their vices. Incapable of servile cringing to authority, he invariably supported his dignity and character on every... | |
| William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald-de-Ros De Ros (23d baron) - 1857 - Počet stránok 458
...appear so. Ready tc do justice to the merit of another, he esteemed every one who was commendable for conduct and virtues, and openly contemned such as were degraded by their vices. Incapable of servile cringing to authority, he invariably supported his dignity and character on every... | |
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