Memoirs of the right honourable Edmund Burke; or, An impartial review of his private life, his public conduct, his speeches in parliament, and the different productions of his penLee and Hurst, 1798 - 378 էջ |
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... last man in the world to touch " the widow's mite , " - to invade her inheritance either of Mr. BURKE's literary property , or dearly earned pensions : but he does not conceive that the right of publishing remarks on the speeches and ...
... last man in the world to touch " the widow's mite , " - to invade her inheritance either of Mr. BURKE's literary property , or dearly earned pensions : but he does not conceive that the right of publishing remarks on the speeches and ...
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... hundred thousand lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen him- felf a facrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for C for ruin to enter , and give the last hand RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 13.
... hundred thousand lives must have been facrificed ; but no fooner had he fallen him- felf a facrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for C for ruin to enter , and give the last hand RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 13.
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... last a strong power arising in the west rushed in upon them , and filenced their tumults , by involving all the con- tending parties in the fame destruction . It is little to fay , that the contentions between the fucceffors of ...
... last a strong power arising in the west rushed in upon them , and filenced their tumults , by involving all the con- tending parties in the fame destruction . It is little to fay , that the contentions between the fucceffors of ...
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... last totally overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia his ally by the greatness of his ruin . All who had con- nections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of SYLLA had its full scope ; and the streets ...
... last totally overthrown ; and he crushed to pieces the king of Armenia his ally by the greatness of his ruin . All who had con- nections with him shared the same fate . The merciless genius of SYLLA had its full scope ; and the streets ...
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... last fwallows up every fpecies of government . This manner of ruling , being directed merely by the will of the weakest and generally the worst man in the fociety , becomes the most foolish and capricious thing , at the fame time that ...
... last fwallows up every fpecies of government . This manner of ruling , being directed merely by the will of the weakest and generally the worst man in the fociety , becomes the most foolish and capricious thing , at the fame time that ...
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Էջ 38 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Էջ 220 - But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorize and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the savage; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitant of the woods...
Էջ 141 - ... some way related to the business that was to be done within it. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself not by...
Էջ 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
Էջ 142 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Էջ 98 - ... them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape.
Էջ 98 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages.
Էջ 263 - But he has put to hazard his ease, his security, his interest, his power, even his darling popularity, for the benefit of a people whom he has never seen.
Էջ 38 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit; For a patriot, too cool; for a drudge, disobedient; And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemploy'd or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Էջ 104 - The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.