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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Էջ 71
... use of that grain in the distilleries . But as wheat had not yet reached the price under which it might be legally exported , no authority but that of the whole legiflature could lay a conftitutional embargo on it ; and a bill of ...
... use of that grain in the distilleries . But as wheat had not yet reached the price under which it might be legally exported , no authority but that of the whole legiflature could lay a conftitutional embargo on it ; and a bill of ...
Էջ 119
... use of the ftrange verdict procured against him . The only cause which the attorney general has been able to carry against libellers , he cannot turn to any account . " Here Mr. BURKE took occafion to compare the effects of these ...
... use of the ftrange verdict procured against him . The only cause which the attorney general has been able to carry against libellers , he cannot turn to any account . " Here Mr. BURKE took occafion to compare the effects of these ...
Էջ 134
... use , especially the fecret committee ; for you ought to have proceeded in some shape or other , upon fome ground , whether bad or good , which their labours had laid before you , and which would have at leaft fhewn a decent regard to ...
... use , especially the fecret committee ; for you ought to have proceeded in some shape or other , upon fome ground , whether bad or good , which their labours had laid before you , and which would have at leaft fhewn a decent regard to ...
Էջ 146
... use- less incumbrances on the hands of the poffeffors , so that it united all the advantages which liberal minds include in the idea of a well - regulated commerce . It had been interrupted during the war , but was foon likely to ...
... use- less incumbrances on the hands of the poffeffors , so that it united all the advantages which liberal minds include in the idea of a well - regulated commerce . It had been interrupted during the war , but was foon likely to ...
Էջ 150
... use the expreffion of the scripture of the first martyr , his face was as if it had been the face of an angel . I do not know how others feel ; but if I had stood in that fituation , I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in ...
... use the expreffion of the scripture of the first martyr , his face was as if it had been the face of an angel . I do not know how others feel ; but if I had stood in that fituation , I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in ...
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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.