Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the countryWith biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions . himself, he was indulgent and considerate to the fulfilment of his public duties, his application was intensely laborious, and his probity without theslightest blemish or imputation; but these estimable qualities were accompanied by a haughtiness ofmanner, an impatience of contradiction, and a love of domination, which, although they could not deprivehim
Portraits of illustrious personages of Great Britain : Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the countryWith biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions . himself, he was indulgent and considerate to the fulfilment of his public duties, his application was intensely laborious, and his probity without theslightest blemish or imputation; but these estimable qualities were accompanied by a haughtiness ofmanner, an impatience of contradiction, and a love of domination, which, although they could not deprivehim of the admiration due to his character and conduct, prevented him from gaining as many friends ashis virtues and his station would otherwise have surrounded him with. The only excuse that can beoffered for the faults which it was his lot to bear is expressed in the estimate given of him by Frederic ofPrussia, one of the most sharp-sighted observers of the characters of men in his own times. Speaking ofLord Chatham, the Monarch says, II avait lame elevee, et lesprit capable de grands projets. Douedune fermete inflexible, il ne renoncait pas a ses opinions, parce quil les croyait avantageuses a, sapatrie, qui etait son THE , (. \,i AT II I KiSIIIAI. 11DWA IM), LORD II A W K E. Tbii able end intrepid commander was the only son of Bdward Hawke, Esq., a barri ter of Linoolni[no, and of Blhcabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Bladen, Bsq., and widow of Colonel Kuthven. II ?•••nbora in L706; entered the Navj al an earl] agi , and pa ed, bj ir Toulon. The personal animosity of the commanders, andthe want of co-operation which it, occasioned, thwarted the result which might have been reasonably expected from the battle. In tin- disgrace which was that day brought Upon the fame of England, Captain Hawks had no share. The Cap
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