 | James McCrie - Self-culture - 1871 - 652 pages
...abandoned. He would recover the estate which, belonged to his father — he would be Hastings of Dalyesford. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions...his hopes amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislalation still pointed to Daylesford ; and when his long public life, so singularly checkered... | |
 | James Comper Gray - Bible - 1872 - 422 pages
...rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was to Daylesford... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Gloucestershire (England) - 1872 - 498 pages
...where he nurtured in earliest youth the scheme of recovering the paternal estate. And when his long life, so singularly chequered with good and evil,...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die." ..." Literature divided his attention with his conservatories and menageries: He lived in the enjoyment... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 728 pages
...rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die. When he was eight years old, his uncle Howard determined to take charge of him, and to give him a liberal... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1876 - 448 pages
...back the old estate, and rebuilt the family mansion. " When, under a tropical sun," says Macaulay, " he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die." Sir Charles Napier was another Indian leader of extraordinary courage and determination. He once said... | |
 | James Grant - India - 1876 - 602 pages
...was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled 50,000,000 of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war,...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die." * A writership for him was obtained in the Company's service, and after perfecting himself in arithmetic... | |
 | Francis Jacox - Bible - 1877 - 400 pages
...bequeathed his heart, to be there inurned. When Sir Walter Scott, during his last and fruitless sojourn Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war,...and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford ; and that when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, had at length closed for... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - Christian education of children - 1880 - 168 pages
...rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die." Ministers and religious workers have also in childhood prophetic calls to their work by the tendencies... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1880 - 416 pages
...rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die.* the evil from the gotxl."-HengitenЬerg. Ь Mal. Henry. v. 14. R. Adams, 78; Dr. N. Carter, 235. "... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 684 pages
...rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical...Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed forever, it was to Daylesford... | |
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He would be Hastings of Daylesford. This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity... 
