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 Seiten |
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... PITT and lord TEMPLE , were accepted by the marquis of ROCKINGHAM , the duke of NEWCASTLE , and their friends . The marquis was appointed first lord of the treasury , and the duke obtained the privy feal , a place of eafe well fuited to ...
... PITT and lord TEMPLE , were accepted by the marquis of ROCKINGHAM , the duke of NEWCASTLE , and their friends . The marquis was appointed first lord of the treasury , and the duke obtained the privy feal , a place of eafe well fuited to ...
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... PITT and his adherents would carry the contrary doctrine to a pitch of almost enthusiastic extravagance , and would contend for the ab- folute furrender or difavowal of the right of taxing the Ameri- In a private conference on the ...
... PITT and his adherents would carry the contrary doctrine to a pitch of almost enthusiastic extravagance , and would contend for the ab- folute furrender or difavowal of the right of taxing the Ameri- In a private conference on the ...
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... PITT complimented him upon it in very flat- tering terms . But though Mr. PITT was liberal of his applaufe to the eloquent fupporter of the new miniftry , he was very fparing of his confidence in them . " Pardon me , gentlemen , " faid ...
... PITT complimented him upon it in very flat- tering terms . But though Mr. PITT was liberal of his applaufe to the eloquent fupporter of the new miniftry , he was very fparing of his confidence in them . " Pardon me , gentlemen , " faid ...
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... PITT , the orator concludes this head with a burst of eloquence in praise of his noble patron , which has fel- dom been equalled , and never furpaffed in fublimity and beauty . " I confefs , " faid he , " when I look back to that time ...
... PITT , the orator concludes this head with a burst of eloquence in praise of his noble patron , which has fel- dom been equalled , and never furpaffed in fublimity and beauty . " I confefs , " faid he , " when I look back to that time ...
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... PITT exerted himself with extraordinary ardor in the debate : but while he opposed the surrender of privilege , he disclaimed any connexion with the writer of the libel . " No man , " he said , " could condemn the paper more than he did ...
... PITT exerted himself with extraordinary ardor in the debate : but while he opposed the surrender of privilege , he disclaimed any connexion with the writer of the libel . " No man , " he said , " could condemn the paper more than he did ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.