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Article CHARACTERS IN HARRY THE EIGHTH's TIME. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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for that were bold and undutiful ; nor on serious and holy mat > ters , for that were irreligious and hi g hly criminal . He had much salt in his repartees , but no gall : pleasantly jesting , but never mocking . He strictlj- observed times , seasons and circumstances , knowing when to speak , and when to hold his tongue . His very apt and clever sayings were always natural , never affected : subtle and acute , prompt and easynever careless : he never rendered
, himself contemptible to please any man . It was not an insi pid change of Words but a smart retort of wit , which every body seemed better pleased with than himself . He always told a story tvell , and was as good at a neat continued discourse , as at a quick sentence , contriving it in a handsome manner , clothing it with suitable expressionswithout parenthesisor impertinencies ;
repre-, , senting persons and actions to the life , that you would think you saw as well as heard ; never contradicting , but with an ( under favour , Sir ) , always subjoining to his adversary ' s discourse , It may be so .
SIR JOHN FIMEUX . THE source of the Nile is concealed , but its stream is famous . No man throve , but he that lived as though he were the first man In the world , and his father had not been before him . The . Prince ' s prerogativeand the Subject ' s privilegeare solid felicities
, , together , and but empty notions asunder . That people are beyond example free , and beyond comparison happy , who restrain their Soverei gn ^ power to do them harm , so far , as that he hath none left to do him good . —Many were the circumstances which raised Sir John to the power he arrived at : first , An indefatigable industry ; secondlyA freedom of conversation . In regard to
, business none more close ; so in company , none more open . A gay and cheerful humour—spirited conversation and agreeable manners , are exceeding useful accomplishments to everyone living in the world . When a man is not thus qualified , let him retreat to . the dark recesses of retirement : thirdly , A rich and well assorted marriage , that at once brought him a large estate , and a large
interest : fourthly , A great acquaintance with noble families , with whose dependants he first got in , devoting an hour each day to their company , and at last with themselves , la 3 ' "ing aside his vacant hours for their service : fifthly , His hospitality and entertainments—none more reserved than he abroad ; none more noble at home : sixthly , His care and integrity in managing ; his
watchfulness in promoting ; his reason aud eloquence in pleading , and his success in canying causes : seventhly , His eminence and activity , in the two profitable Parliaments of Henry the Vllth andVIIIth . His opposition to Empson and Dudley ' s two severe prosecution of penal laws . The man who serves his Prince from motives of private interest , is raised but for a time ; but jhe man who is careful for the public good will remain always
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Characters In Harry The Eighth's Time.
for that were bold and undutiful ; nor on serious and holy mat > ters , for that were irreligious and hi g hly criminal . He had much salt in his repartees , but no gall : pleasantly jesting , but never mocking . He strictlj- observed times , seasons and circumstances , knowing when to speak , and when to hold his tongue . His very apt and clever sayings were always natural , never affected : subtle and acute , prompt and easynever careless : he never rendered
, himself contemptible to please any man . It was not an insi pid change of Words but a smart retort of wit , which every body seemed better pleased with than himself . He always told a story tvell , and was as good at a neat continued discourse , as at a quick sentence , contriving it in a handsome manner , clothing it with suitable expressionswithout parenthesisor impertinencies ;
repre-, , senting persons and actions to the life , that you would think you saw as well as heard ; never contradicting , but with an ( under favour , Sir ) , always subjoining to his adversary ' s discourse , It may be so .
SIR JOHN FIMEUX . THE source of the Nile is concealed , but its stream is famous . No man throve , but he that lived as though he were the first man In the world , and his father had not been before him . The . Prince ' s prerogativeand the Subject ' s privilegeare solid felicities
, , together , and but empty notions asunder . That people are beyond example free , and beyond comparison happy , who restrain their Soverei gn ^ power to do them harm , so far , as that he hath none left to do him good . —Many were the circumstances which raised Sir John to the power he arrived at : first , An indefatigable industry ; secondlyA freedom of conversation . In regard to
, business none more close ; so in company , none more open . A gay and cheerful humour—spirited conversation and agreeable manners , are exceeding useful accomplishments to everyone living in the world . When a man is not thus qualified , let him retreat to . the dark recesses of retirement : thirdly , A rich and well assorted marriage , that at once brought him a large estate , and a large
interest : fourthly , A great acquaintance with noble families , with whose dependants he first got in , devoting an hour each day to their company , and at last with themselves , la 3 ' "ing aside his vacant hours for their service : fifthly , His hospitality and entertainments—none more reserved than he abroad ; none more noble at home : sixthly , His care and integrity in managing ; his
watchfulness in promoting ; his reason aud eloquence in pleading , and his success in canying causes : seventhly , His eminence and activity , in the two profitable Parliaments of Henry the Vllth andVIIIth . His opposition to Empson and Dudley ' s two severe prosecution of penal laws . The man who serves his Prince from motives of private interest , is raised but for a time ; but jhe man who is careful for the public good will remain always