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 страници |
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... BURKE was persuaded by some silly and malicious advisers to solicit , the author of the following Memoirs has only to observe , that the Injunction might have been addressed to Mr. BURKE's ghost with as much propriety as to him . He ...
... BURKE was persuaded by some silly and malicious advisers to solicit , the author of the following Memoirs has only to observe , that the Injunction might have been addressed to Mr. BURKE's ghost with as much propriety as to him . He ...
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... BURKE , and defired to know his opinion of it . He thus expreffed himself , after reading the work : --- " The only ... BURKE's poli-- tical adverfaries , that he was rocked in the cradle of popery ; --- . that beads and rofaries were ...
... BURKE , and defired to know his opinion of it . He thus expreffed himself , after reading the work : --- " The only ... BURKE's poli-- tical adverfaries , that he was rocked in the cradle of popery ; --- . that beads and rofaries were ...
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... BURKE , on being attacked in fo alarming a manner , fent for Doctor NUGENT , a man of great skill , and still greater good- ness of heart , who perceiving that the noise and other inconve- niences , to which his patient was expofed in ...
... BURKE , on being attacked in fo alarming a manner , fent for Doctor NUGENT , a man of great skill , and still greater good- ness of heart , who perceiving that the noise and other inconve- niences , to which his patient was expofed in ...
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... BURKE . His name , indeed , did not appear to the work ; but the author was univer- fally allowed to have furpaffed LONGINUS in precifion , and AD- DISON in depth and comprehensiveness , while he united the pecu- liar excellencies of ...
... BURKE . His name , indeed , did not appear to the work ; but the author was univer- fally allowed to have furpaffed LONGINUS in precifion , and AD- DISON in depth and comprehensiveness , while he united the pecu- liar excellencies of ...
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... BURKE's former fellow ftudents at Trinity College , were among the first who cultivated his ac- quaintance in London . The reputation of GOLDSMITH and JOHNSON refts on the firmeft foundations ; but Sir JOSHUA's li- terary fame owed not ...
... BURKE's former fellow ftudents at Trinity College , were among the first who cultivated his ac- quaintance in London . The reputation of GOLDSMITH and JOHNSON refts on the firmeft foundations ; but Sir JOSHUA's li- terary fame owed not ...
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Страница 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.
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.