An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. And Charles I, Vol. 5 of 5
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Excerpt from An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I. And Charles I, Vol. 5 of 5: And of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II; After the Manner of Mr. Bayle, From Original Writers and State-Papers This character is confirmed by those who best knew him, Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham,observes, "that his understanding was quick and lively in little things; and sometimes would soar high enough in great ones, but unable to keep it up with any long attention or application. Witty in all sorts of conversation; and telling, a story so well, that, not out of flattery, but for the pleasure of hearing it, we used to Seem ignorant of what he had repeated to us ten times before, as a good comedy will bear the being seen often. Of a wonderful mixture; losing all his time, and, till of late, setting his whole heart on the fair sex. - In the midst of all his remissness, so industrious and indefatigable on some particular occasions, that no man would either toil longer, or be able to manage it better." - Sir William Temple, after relating a conversation he had with him, remarks, "that he never saw him in better humour, nor ever knew a more agreeable conversation when he was so: and where," continues he, "he was pleased to be familiar, great quickness of conception, great pleasantness of wit, with great variety of knowledge, more observation and truer judgment of men, than one would have imagined by so careless and easy a manner as was natural to him in all he said or did. From his own temper, he desired nothing but to be easy himself, and that every body else should be so; and would have been glad to see the least of his subjects pleased, and to refuse no man what he asked. 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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