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1 inflided by laws of their own approving;
‘ To fay that a King is to have no perlbnal
4 favourites, would be to fay, that the King
‘ muft be more than human ; it is abfurd
‘ whilft a King is mortal, he will be under
‘ the influence of mortal paflions ; but let
‘ him be careful to diftinguilh between the
* favourite of his private amufements, and
the favourite of public adminiftrations..
“ the dilference may be likened unto that.
41 of a gentleman’s family ; a very fenflble
‘ worthy man may be infpired with affec-
c tions for diferent companionSj who may'
lighten his cares, divert his leifure hours,
^ and be in many refpedts moft agreeable
«■ to him •, yet, perhaps, amongft all thefe
«* his moll approved friends, he may not
*- find one properly qualified to be a pre-
*• ceptor for his children. Such a-depart-
‘ ment requires talents peculiar to itfelf;
it requires an application to the various
*- tempers to be dealt with, which very few
‘ of thefe moft efteemed friends, if they
«• have the underftanding, have allb the pa-
‘ tience to bellow upon them. So it is,,
« my Liege, in the family political, the
ftate : you will difcover in many of youf
*• nobles different qualities, that may ren-
* der them perfonally amiable to you ; but
‘he is a prodigy of a man, who poffefies
‘ eyery qualification necdlary to an admi-
‘niftratcxr..
1 inflided by laws of their own approving;
‘ To fay that a King is to have no perlbnal
4 favourites, would be to fay, that the King
‘ muft be more than human ; it is abfurd
‘ whilft a King is mortal, he will be under
‘ the influence of mortal paflions ; but let
‘ him be careful to diftinguilh between the
* favourite of his private amufements, and
the favourite of public adminiftrations..
“ the dilference may be likened unto that.
41 of a gentleman’s family ; a very fenflble
‘ worthy man may be infpired with affec-
c tions for diferent companionSj who may'
lighten his cares, divert his leifure hours,
^ and be in many refpedts moft agreeable
«■ to him •, yet, perhaps, amongft all thefe
«* his moll approved friends, he may not
*- find one properly qualified to be a pre-
*• ceptor for his children. Such a-depart-
‘ ment requires talents peculiar to itfelf;
it requires an application to the various
*- tempers to be dealt with, which very few
‘ of thefe moft efteemed friends, if they
«• have the underftanding, have allb the pa-
‘ tience to bellow upon them. So it is,,
« my Liege, in the family political, the
ftate : you will difcover in many of youf
*• nobles different qualities, that may ren-
* der them perfonally amiable to you ; but
‘he is a prodigy of a man, who poffefies
‘ eyery qualification necdlary to an admi-
‘niftratcxr..
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Languages & literature > Key to the drama > (246) |
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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