Life of John Sharp, D.D., Lord Archbishop of York, Vol. 2 of 2
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Excerpt from Life of John Sharp, D.D., Lord Archbishop of York, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Are Added, Select, Original, and Copies of Original Papers, in Three Appendixes; Collected From His Diary, Letters, and Several Other Authentic Testimonies, by His Son, Thomas Sharp, D.D., Archdeacon of Northumberland; Prebendary of York, Durham Among his social virtues, that which claims our first attention, as the most obvious, distinguished, and invariable character, was his simplicity. He had nothing of intrigue in his temper; nothing covert or suspicious, either in his discourse or in his outward demeanour; had no notion of perplexing or amusing those he conversed with by any kind of disguise, but was in every instance, and throughout his whole conduct, a man without guile. It has already been observed, that such an open and artless conduct might prove a disadvantage to him in his conferences and correspondences with the courtiers; and his utter want of some degree of polite subtlety might be interpreted as a diminution of his abilities for public service. However that was, they who valued themselves most on their dexterity of address, could not have a meaner opinion of his simplicity, than he had of every species of dissimulation, not excepting the most refined. Double meanings and evasions could never be so elegantly and speciously dressed up as to hide their ill shapes and deformity from his eyes. The finest parts and rarest endowments lost most of their merit with him, if they did not appear accompanied with sincerity, singleness, and uprightness of design; which are the chief beauty and the only real worth, both of words and actions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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