 He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was, by turns, a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness...  The Foreign Quarterly Review - Page 3731839Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...rectitude. At one time he tyrannizes over the will, and at another times deludes the understanding. He is by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the...writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the direct path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...rectitude* At ene time he tyrannizes over the will, and at another times deludes the understanding. He is by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the...writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the direet path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings'= ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pages
...deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived; and was by turns a DIONYSIUS and a SCAPJN. As well might the writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the <wift directness of the arrowV as the duplicity of Mr. o 2 HASTINGS'?; HASTINGS'S ambition to the simple... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 pages
...rectitude. At one time he tyrannized over the will, and at another time deluded the understanding. He was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquy of the serpent be compared to the direct path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's... | |
 | David Hume - 1811 - 506 pages
...rectitude : at one time he tyrannized over the will, and " at another time deluded the understanding; he was by " turns a Dionysius and a Scapin ; as well...writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the " direct path of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hast1 " ings's ambition to the simple steadiness... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1816 - 744 pages
...objects by the worst means. His course was an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin....swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. In his mind all was shuffling,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was by turns a Dyonisius and a Scapin. As well might the writhing obliquity...swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. In his mind all was shuffling,... | |
 | 1816 - 692 pages
...deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannized or deceived ; and was by turns a Dyonisius and a Scapia. As well might the writhing obliquity of the serpent...swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness of genuine magnanimity. In bis mind all was shuffling,... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 422 pages
...objects by the worst means. His course was an eternal deviation from rectitude. He either tyrannised or deceived; and was by turns a Dionysius and a Scapin....writhing obliquity of the serpent be compared to the fwift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. Hastings's ambition to the simple steadiness... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 428 pages
...actual dissimulation;—a heterogeneous mass of consiris and a Scapin. As well might the writhin g obliquity of the serpent be compared to the swift directness of the arrow, as the duplicity of Mr. , tradictory qualities; with nothing great but his crimes; and even those contrasted by the littleness... | |
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