...respect to that patriot in the last word of the sentence, may be justly said of Le Rat: — " He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any evil." Instead of returning to Makilimakinak, he proceeded with his warriors to the cascades, which...

...in the inbwg Review, No. 108. old colony. 446 MASSACHUSETTS REFUSES TO SURRENDER ITS CHARTER. CHAP, was undoubtedly there; but the greatest patriotstatesman of his times, the man, whom Charles I. 1638. would gladly have seen drawn and quartered, whom Clarendon paints as possessing beyond all his...

...against the court, lord Clarendon says (if this be not an interpolation of the editors) that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief*. Which is very unaccountable in one whom his lordship had commended as a person not only...

...against the court, lord Clarendon says (if this be not an interpolation of the editors) that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief*. Which is very unaccountable in one whom his lordship had commended as a person not only...

...extent of Clarendon's supposed calumny of Hampden, applying to him the character of China — " He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief." almost unmingled zeal for the public good and loyal attachment to the crown. I doubt...

...reversed in his favour Clarendon's 1747. character of Hampden ; saying that " Lord Ches" terfield had a head to contrive, a tongue to " persuade, and a hand to execute, any worthy " action."* At home his career, though never, as I think, inspired by a high and pervading...

...Commons reversed in his favour Clarendon's character of Hampden ; saying, that " Lord Chesterfield had a head to contrive, a ' ' tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any worthy action (1 ) ." At home his career, though never, as I think, inspired by a high and pervading...

...was a man of singular strength, both of body and mind, but of a disposition extremely vicious. He had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute the hardiest attempt. From his youth up, he took pleasure in civil broils, civil wars, rapine, and...

...this assertion, is exceedingly questionable. Hampden, who, as Lord Clarendon observes, possessed " a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute ;" and Cromwell, who sought the office of high constable of England, in order to keep the peace, were never,...

...Clarendon, indeed, has summed up an elaborate view of his qualities with the strong sentence that " he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief:" but this, we must recollect, is the language of one of the most zealous defenders of...