Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1824 |
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... professed , in a letter to a friend at this time , to admire beyond those of any other ; he preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ; and the Greek historians generally to the Latin . Of Horace , Lucretius , and Virgil ...
... professed , in a letter to a friend at this time , to admire beyond those of any other ; he preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ; and the Greek historians generally to the Latin . Of Horace , Lucretius , and Virgil ...
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... professes to be little more , -and an apology is made in the preface for inequality in the style which the reader may not readily discover , -is in many parts masterly , the reflections just and often original , but paraded perhaps too ...
... professes to be little more , -and an apology is made in the preface for inequality in the style which the reader may not readily discover , -is in many parts masterly , the reflections just and often original , but paraded perhaps too ...
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... professed opponent in politics , gave some countenance to the assertion , though quite unfounded in fact . On their quarrel , Hamilton is said to have upbraided him with having taken him from a garret ; when the reply is re- ported to ...
... professed opponent in politics , gave some countenance to the assertion , though quite unfounded in fact . On their quarrel , Hamilton is said to have upbraided him with having taken him from a garret ; when the reply is re- ported to ...
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... professed to be a Whig ; the Duke of Grafton called himself a Whig ; Mr. George Grenville thought himself a Whig ; and Mr. Pitt , if he hung aloof from the name of Whig , was so near to it in substance , that none but himself could ...
... professed to be a Whig ; the Duke of Grafton called himself a Whig ; Mr. George Grenville thought himself a Whig ; and Mr. Pitt , if he hung aloof from the name of Whig , was so near to it in substance , that none but himself could ...
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... professed to have no specific objection to the Ministry , though he would not give them his confidence , imme- diately followed Mr. Burke in the debate , and com- plimented him by observing , " that the young member had proved a very ...
... professed to have no specific objection to the Ministry , though he would not give them his confidence , imme- diately followed Mr. Burke in the debate , and com- plimented him by observing , " that the young member had proved a very ...
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Страница 180 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Страница 168 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Страница 102 - I venture to say, it did so happen, that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed...
Страница 102 - ... a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans; Whigs and Tories; treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Страница 445 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Страница 166 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength, our opprobrium for their glory; and the slough of slavery, which we are not able to work off, to serve them for their freedom?
Страница 242 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Страница 242 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Страница 204 - I think I know America. If I do not my ignorance is incurable, for I have spared no pains to understand it; and I do most solemnly assure those of my constituents who put any sort of confidence in my industry and integrity, that...
Страница 398 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...