 | Gilbert Burnet - 1823 - 644 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the king (he said) could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could. He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted: but he was obstinate against... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1833 - 676 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the king (he said) could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could. He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted : but he was obstinate against... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 Seiten
...Buckingham gave a short and severe, but true character, of the two brothers, when he said, " The king could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could." Ignorance and obstinacy were the peculiar failings of James the Second's mind, — mental deficiencies,... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count) - 1846 - 602 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true : the king, (he said,) could see things if he would : and the duke would see things if he could. He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted : hut he was obstinate against... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - 1850 - 996 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true. " The king," he said, " could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could." He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted : but he was obstinate against... | |
 | 1851 - 950 Seiten
...not to care.' His passion for Miss Stuart was stronger than he ever entertained for any body else.' His understanding was quick and lively, but he had...conversation with Burnet. " The King," he said, " could sec things if he would, and the Duke would see things if he could."" Nor was the observation of Tom... | |
 | Anthony Hamilton (Count), Charles II (King of England), Thomas Blount - 1853 - 568 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true : the king, (he said,) could see things if he would : and the duke would see things if he could. He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted : but he was obstinate against... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 324 Seiten
...once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe because it was true : the king, he said, could see things if he would ; and the duke would see things if he could. He had no true judgment, and was soon determined by those whom he trusted ; but he was obstinate against... | |
 | 1872 - 614 Seiten
...said of the two royal brothers, and his saying is repeated with commendation by Burnet, that Charles ' could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could.' The fact was just the reverse — Charles would see things if he could ; was always on the alert and... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1872 - 616 Seiten
...said of the two royal brothers, and his saying is repeated with commendation by Burnet, that Charles 'could see things if he would, and the duke would see things if he could.' The fact was just the reverse — Charles would see things if he could ; was always on the alert and... | |
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The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true : the king, (he said,) could see things if he would : and the duke would see things if he could. 
