The principal speeches and addresses of ... the prince consort [ed. by sir A. Helps].Murray, 1862 - 268 pages |
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Page 32
... sure ; and there was a pleasant sound and a heartiness about his laugh which will not soon be forgotten by those who were wont to hear it . He was very handsome as a young man ; but , as often happens with thoughtful men who go through ...
... sure ; and there was a pleasant sound and a heartiness about his laugh which will not soon be forgotten by those who were wont to hear it . He was very handsome as a young man ; but , as often happens with thoughtful men who go through ...
Page 34
... sure to go rigidly through anything he had under- taken to do ; and he was one of those few men into whose minds questions of self - in- terest never enter , or are absolutely ignored , when the paramount obligation of duty is presented ...
... sure to go rigidly through anything he had under- taken to do ; and he was one of those few men into whose minds questions of self - in- terest never enter , or are absolutely ignored , when the paramount obligation of duty is presented ...
Page 39
... sure it will please , and is without the con- fidence and the vanity which often go to form characters that are outwardly more genial . The effect of this shyness was heightened by the rigid sincerity which marked the Prince's character ...
... sure it will please , and is without the con- fidence and the vanity which often go to form characters that are outwardly more genial . The effect of this shyness was heightened by the rigid sincerity which marked the Prince's character ...
Page 53
... sure , his reasoning mind must be satisfied ; and he longed that everything that was to be , should be the best of its kind . the health . Now men of this nature , with an abiding Strain upon aspiration towards what is beautiful , and ...
... sure , his reasoning mind must be satisfied ; and he longed that everything that was to be , should be the best of its kind . the health . Now men of this nature , with an abiding Strain upon aspiration towards what is beautiful , and ...
Page 57
... sure , admit the truth of this remark as applied to him ; and will agree in the opinion that neither disaster , sickness , nor any other form of human adversity , would have been able to harden his receptive nature , or deaden his soul ...
... sure , admit the truth of this remark as applied to him ; and will agree in the opinion that neither disaster , sickness , nor any other form of human adversity , would have been able to harden his receptive nature , or deaden his soul ...
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