 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1873 - 510 pages
...intellectual gifts, but who had no fellowship in the greater and nobler elements of his character. Ta appreciate William the Conqueror we have but to cast...still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. In estimating the character of William one feature stands out preeminently above all others. Throughout... | |
 | Katharine Sarah Macquoid - 1874 - 592 pages
...to William the Red. We shall then understand how men, writhing under the scorpions of the son, might look back with regret to the whips of the father....justice and mercy, and who, in his darkest hours, had somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. " In estimating the character of William, one feature... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 758 pages
...the evil, and he sends him out of the world with a charitable prayer for the CHAP. vni. repose of his soul. And at the moment when he wrote, it was no marvel...still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. In estimating the character of William one feature Strength of stands out preeminently above all others.... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1877 - 760 pages
...PORTRAITS OF HIM. 167 him out of the world with a charitable prayer for the CHAP. vm. repose of his soul. And at the moment when he wrote, it was no marvel...still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. In estimating the character of William one feature Strength of stands out preeminently above all others.... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...William the Bed. We shall then well understand how men writhing under the scorpions of the son might look back with regret to the whips of the father....still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. In estimating the character of William, one feature stands out pre-eminently above all others. Throughout... | |
 | Charles Homer Haskins - 1915 - 286 pages
...simple scourges of a guilty world. ... He never wholly cast away the thoughts of justice and mercy, and in his darkest hours had still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes. 1 I have quoted the essence of Freeman's characterization, not because it seems to me wholly just or... | |
 | Charles Homer Haskins - 1915 - 280 pages
...simple scourges of a guilty world. ... He never wholly cast away the thoughts of justice and mercy, and in his darkest hours had still somewhat of the fear of God before his eyes.1 I have quoted the essence of Freeman's characterization, not because it seems to me wholly just... | |
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William passed to one who shared largely in his mere intellectual gifts, but who had no fellowship in the greater and nobler elements of his character. To appreciate William the Conqueror we have but to cast our glance onwards to William the Red. We shall... 