 | Baratariana - 1773 - 434 էջ
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France funk beneath him. With one hand he fmote the Houfe of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England — The fight of his mind was infinite ; and his fchemes were to affect, not England, not the prefent age,... | |
 | John Almon - 1792 - 458 էջ
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France funk beneath him. With one hand he fmote the Houfe of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The fight of his mind was infinite, and his fchemes were to affect, not England, not the prefent age only,... | |
 | 1797 - 610 էջ
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France funk beneath him. With one hand he fmote the houfe of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The fight of his mind was infinite : and his fchemes were to affeft, not England, not the prefent age only,... | |
 | 1797 - 522 էջ
...corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France funk beneath him. With one hand he fmote tke houfe of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The fight of his mind was infinite: and his fchemes were to afFeft, not England, not the prefent age only,... | |
 | John Cartwright - 1804 - 246 էջ
...dividing he destroyed party ; without corrupting he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England* ! But let us proceed : " Although the officers of a posse comitatus, to follow the good Saxon custom,... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1806 - 688 էջ
...dividing, he destroyed party ; without corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. Fraiicc sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded...not the present age only, but Europe, and posterity. There was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit,... | |
 | David Hughson - 1806 - 686 էջ
...dividing, he destroyed party ; without corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded...not the present age only, but Europe, and posterity. There was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 478 էջ
...great. Without dividing, he destroyed party ; without corrupting, he made a venal age magnanimous. With one hand he smote the house of Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. A character so exalted, so strenuous, so serious, so authoritative, astonished a corrupt age; and the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1807 - 556 էջ
...mind was infinite, and h's scheme* were to affect, not England, not the present age only, but iiurope and posterity. Wonderful were the means by which these...accomplished; always seasonable, always adequate : the »-jg£cstions of an understanding animated by ardour and eniighteBed by prophecy. • The ordinary... | |
 | 1808 - 540 էջ
...dividing, he deftroyed party ; without corrupting, he made a venal age unanimous. France sunk beneath him. With one hand he smote the House of Bourbon, and wielded...and his schemes were to affect not England, not the prefent age only, but Europe and posterity. Wonderful were the means by which thefe fchemes were accomplished,... | |
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Bourbon, and wielded in the other the democracy of England. The sight of his mind was infinite; and his schemes were to affect, not England, not the present age only, but Europe and posterity. 
