 | William Robertson - 1777 - 548 էջ
...lofe the acquifitionsof his better years, byftruggling, with a vain obftinacy, to retain the reins of of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with fteadinefs, or to guide them with addrefs *. BUT though Charles had revolved this fcheme^ in his mind... | |
 | William Robertson - 1787 - 438 էջ
...forfeit the fame, or lofe the acquifitions of his better years, by ftruggling, with a vain - obftinacy, to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with fteadinefs, or to guide them with addrefs *. *-Doih Levefque,- in his memoirs of Cardinal Granvelle,... | |
 | William Russell - 1789 - 606 էջ
...unwilling to forfeit the fame, or lofe the acquifitions of his better years, by attempting to guide the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with fteadinefs, he prudently determined to feek in the tranquillity of retirement, that happinefs, which... | |
 | Charles John Ann Hereford, John Adams - 1793 - 520 էջ
...prudently determined not to forfeit the fame of his better days, by ftruggling with a vain obftinacy to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with fteadinefs, or to guide them with addrefs. But though Charles had revolved this fcheme for feveral... | |
 | William Russell - 1802 - 512 էջ
...unwilling to forfeit the fame, or lose the acquisitions of his better years, by attempting to guide the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with steadiness, he prudently determined to seek in the tranquillity of retirement, that happiness which lie had in... | |
 | William Robertson - 1802 - 430 էջ
...forfeit the fame, or lofe the ?.cquifitions of his better years, by ftruggling with a vain obftinacy, to retain the reins 'of government, when he was no longer able to hold : them. TPrth fteadinefs, or to guide them with " . ,, wbichiasrfar as .,-^ftcolleil, is not mentioned by any... | |
 | Alexander Beaumont - 1809 - 540 էջ
...old age rendered him incapable of attending to business with his former vigour ; and he felt, that by struggling to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able tc hold them with steadiness, or guide them with address, he must endanger the acquisitions of his... | |
 | William Robertson - 1813 - 648 էջ
...forfeit the fame, or lose the acquisitions, of his better years, by struggling, with a vain obstinacy, to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with steadiness, or to guide them with address1. * Don Levesque, in his Memoirs of Cardinal Granvclle, gives i reason for... | |
 | John Adams - 1813 - 324 էջ
...unwilling to forfeit his fame, or lose the acquisitions of his better years, by attempting to guide the reins of government, when he was no longer able to .hold them with steadiness, he prudently determined to seek, in the tranquility of retire-merit, that happiness, which he had in... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 346 էջ
...forfeit the fame, or lose the acquisitions of his better years, by struggling, with a vain obstinacy, to retain the reins of government, when he was no longer able to hold them with steadiness, or to guide them with address *. • Dom Levesque, in his memoirs of cardinal Granvelle, gives a reason... | |
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... judged it more decent to conceal his infirmities in some solitude, than to expose them any longer to the public eye ; and prudently determined not to forfeit the fame, or lose the acquisitions, of his better years, by struggling with a vain obstinacy... 
