 | 1813 - Страниц: 574
...was so sensible of this incapacity, that to a person who complimented him on his skill in •hooting, he replied, " It would be extraordinary if I could...conviction, and these defects, rendered him a mere instruments in the hands of those to whom he confided the government. • Ferdinand placed the most... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - Страниц: 520
...conscious of his own defects, and on one occasion, when a courtier had paid him a compliment on his skill in shooting, he replied : " It *' would be extraordinary if I could not do one thing " well ! "} On coming to the throne in 1746 he had continued his confidence to his father's favourite Minister,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - Страниц: 446
...conscious of his own defects, and on one occasion, when a courtier had paid him a compliment on his skill in shooting, he replied : " It " would be extraordinary if I could not do one thing " well !"{ On coming to the throne in 1746 he had continued his confidence to his father's favourite Minister,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - Страниц: 428
...conscious of his own de* fects, and on one occasion, when a courtier had paid him a compliment on his skill in shooting, he replied : " It " would be extraordinary if I could not do one thing u well ! " J On coming to the throne in 1746 he had continued his confidence to his father's favourite... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1869 - Страниц: 476
...conscious of his utter want of administrative ability. When some one complimented him upon his skill in shooting, he replied, "It would be extraordinary if I could not do one thing well." The wife of Ferdinand VI., Maria Magdalena Theresa Barbara, was the daughter of John V., King of Portugal,... | |
 | Hugh Stokes - 1914 - Страниц: 516
...he recognised and admitted his faults. Complimented on his prowess as a sportsman, he answered : " It would be extraordinary if I could not do one thing well." During his reign Spain enjoyed a longer period of internal peace than had occurred since the days of... | |
 | Ralph Kirkpatrick - 1983 - Страниц: 548
...occupations. He was so sensible of this incapacity, that to a person who complimented him on his skill in shooting, he replied, 'It would be extraordinary...instrument in the hands of those to whom he confided the government."5 Like his father, Fernando was entirely dependent on his Queen. Maria Barbara, however,... | |
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To the foreign transactions of this year I must add the decease of the King of Spain, Ferdinand the Sixth, a Prince of excellent intentions, but desponding temper and slender capacity. He was conscious of his own defects, and on one occasion, when a courtier... 