 | Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 428 страници
...commencement of the war. ******** " If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times, and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know,...hold of most of them ; that speculation, peculation, arid an insatiable thirst for riches, seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1836 - 574 страници
...from thence as follows : — " If I were to be called upon to draw a pic" ture of the times and of men from what I have " seen, heard, and in part know,...in one " word say, that idleness, dissipation, and extrava" gance seem to have laid fast hold of them ; — " that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 426 страници
...from thence as follows : — " If I were to be called upon to draw a picture " of the times and of men from what I have seen, heard, " and in part know, I should in one word say, that idle" ness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid " fast hold of them ; — that speculation,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 410 страници
...dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid " fast hold of them ; — that speculation, peculation, and 4 an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better < of every other consideration, and of almost every order of men ; — that party disputes and personal quarrels are * the great business... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 424 страници
...writes from thence as follows: — "If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times "and of men from what I have seen, heard, and in part know,...dissipation, and "extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of them; — that "speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches "seem to have got the... | |
 | William Nathaniel Massey - 1858 - 500 страници
...called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part known, I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation...most of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiahle thirst for riches, seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 420 страници
...from thence as follows : — " If I were to be called upon to draw a picture " of the times and of men from what I have seen, heard, " and in part know, I should in one word say, that idle" ness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid " fast hold of them ; — that speculation,... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 650 страници
...American patriots generally : — '• If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know,...dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 644 страници
...I should, in one word, say that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of them ; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable...have got the better of every other consideration, and of almost every order of men ; that party disputes and personal quarrels arc the great business of... | |
 | 1862 - 970 страници
...the next ytir, be says, " If I was called on to draw a picture of the times and of men, from wliat I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in...extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of ilicm; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches, seem to Ьа;е gotten the... | |
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If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that speculation,... 
