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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... letter to lord *** by a late noble Writer . " To the first edition was pre- fixed a curious advertisement in thefe words : " The following letter appears to have been written about the year 1748 , and the perfon to whom it is addressed ...
... letter to lord *** by a late noble Writer . " To the first edition was pre- fixed a curious advertisement in thefe words : " The following letter appears to have been written about the year 1748 , and the perfon to whom it is addressed ...
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... letter . He knew the reader would foon grow tired of the melancholy fubject , and that it was necessary to abridge the farther furvey of affliction , without weakening the force of his main argument . Stopping fhort , therefore , as if ...
... letter . He knew the reader would foon grow tired of the melancholy fubject , and that it was necessary to abridge the farther furvey of affliction , without weakening the force of his main argument . Stopping fhort , therefore , as if ...
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... letters ] " and it becomes A JEST . " Let it not be supposed that we mean by these quota- tions to give importance to quibbles , or to encourage witlings in the habit of disgusting well - bred company with their filly conceits , and ...
... letters ] " and it becomes A JEST . " Let it not be supposed that we mean by these quota- tions to give importance to quibbles , or to encourage witlings in the habit of disgusting well - bred company with their filly conceits , and ...
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... letter from Mr. PITT , then at North End , Hampstead , defiring to fee his lordship there , as his health would not permit him to come to town . His lordship went ; and Mr. PITT acquainted him , that his majefty had been graciously ...
... letter from Mr. PITT , then at North End , Hampstead , defiring to fee his lordship there , as his health would not permit him to come to town . His lordship went ; and Mr. PITT acquainted him , that his majefty had been graciously ...
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... letters of difmiffion were fent to those that attended court ; and the countenance and behaviour of his My to the late first lord of the treasury marked the highest degree of esteem and personal favor : therefore , we may judge they ...
... letters of difmiffion were fent to those that attended court ; and the countenance and behaviour of his My to the late first lord of the treasury marked the highest degree of esteem and personal favor : therefore , we may judge they ...
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Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Or, An Impartial Review of His ... Charles M'Cormick Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1797 |
Memoirs of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Or, an Impartial Review of His ... Charles M'Cormick Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1798 |
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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.