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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... favor a bequest of two thousand pounds more . What other fums Mr. BURKE had received from fir JOSHUA in the course of their acquaintance we cannot now afcertain ; but there is reafon to believe , that , as Mr. BURKE's emergencies were ...
... favor a bequest of two thousand pounds more . What other fums Mr. BURKE had received from fir JOSHUA in the course of their acquaintance we cannot now afcertain ; but there is reafon to believe , that , as Mr. BURKE's emergencies were ...
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... favor of the people ; --- that , where popular discontents are very preva- lent , it is a libel to affirm that there is any thing amifs in the con- duct of government ; and that a man ought to be tried , under the fedition act , for ...
... favor of the people ; --- that , where popular discontents are very preva- lent , it is a libel to affirm that there is any thing amifs in the con- duct of government ; and that a man ought to be tried , under the fedition act , for ...
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... favor of the court against the ministry : this party was to have a large share in the emoluments of government , and to hold it totally separate from , and independent of , oftenfible admi- nistration . The third point , and that on ...
... favor of the court against the ministry : this party was to have a large share in the emoluments of government , and to hold it totally separate from , and independent of , oftenfible admi- nistration . The third point , and that on ...
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... favors given and received ; connexion of office ; ties of blood , of alliance , of friendship ( things at that time fuppofed of fome force ) ; the name of Whig , dear to the majority of the people ; the zeal early begun and steadily ...
... favors given and received ; connexion of office ; ties of blood , of alliance , of friendship ( things at that time fuppofed of fome force ) ; the name of Whig , dear to the majority of the people ; the zeal early begun and steadily ...
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... favor of their abilities , Now was the time to unlock the fealed fountain of royal bounty , which had been infamoufly monopolized and huckstered , P and and to let it flow at large upon the whole RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE , 109.
... favor of their abilities , Now was the time to unlock the fealed fountain of royal bounty , which had been infamoufly monopolized and huckstered , P and and to let it flow at large upon the whole RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE , 109.
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Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
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.
Страница 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.
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.