...his country. Walpole has sketched the outlines of his character in his brilliant antithetic style. "When this extraordinary man, with the figure and...he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of badministers ; or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots — one laments that...

...thousands ends." * " When this extraordinary man," says Horace Walpole, " with the figure and geniua of Alcibiades, could equally charm the Presbyterian...or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with * " Moral Essays," Epistle iii. ver. 209-314 bad patriots — one laments that such parts should have...

...of vice and talent has thus been characterised by Walpole, in his "Catalogue of Noble Authors :" — "When this extraordinary man, with the figure and...and the dissolute Charles ; when he alike ridiculed the witty king and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country by a cabal of bad...

...of wanton Shrewsbury and love." Horace Walpole says of him, "When this extraordinary man, with thu figure and genius of Alcibiades, could equally charm...and the dissolute Charles; when he alike ridiculed j that witty king and his solemn chaucellor ; when he plotter! the ruin of his country with a cabal...

...vice and talent has thus been characterised by Walpole, in his " Catalogue of Noble Authors :" — " When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius...and the dissolute Charles ; when he alike ridiculed the witty king and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country by a cabal of bad...

...Cllefden's proud alcove. The abode of wanton Shrewsbury and of love." Horace Walpole says of him, " When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius...its cause with bad patriots, one laments that such a man should have been devoid of every virtue." The portrait of the Duke has been drawn by four masterly...

...Cllefden's proud alcove, The Bower of wanton Shrewsbury and of love." Horace Walpole says of him, " When this extraordinary man, with the figure and genius...chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country witli a cabal of bad ministers, or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots, one...

...of Alcibiades, could * " Absalom : " the Duke of Monmouth. " Achitophel : " the Earl of Shaftesbnry. equally charm the presbyterian Fairfax and the dissolute...laments that such parts should have been devoid of any virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble and a visionary miser ; when...

...Alcibiades, could * " Absalom : " the Duke _of Monmouth. " Achitophel : " the Earl of Shaftesbury. equally charm the presbyterian Fairfax and the dissolute...with bad patriots, one laments that such parts should hare been devoid of any virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble and a...

....of Monmouth. " Achitophel: " the Earl of Shaftesbory. equally charm the presbyterian Fairfax an d the dissolute Charles; when he alike ridiculed that...laments that such parts should have been devoid of any virtue. But when Alcibiades turns chemist; when he is a real bubble and a visionary miser; when...