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 páginas |
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... circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the fufferers could have the least ra- tional concern . " Pursuing these calculations of human carnage , he looks upon it as an undeniable inference from general ...
... circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of the fufferers could have the least ra- tional concern . " Pursuing these calculations of human carnage , he looks upon it as an undeniable inference from general ...
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... dignity , the logical difpofition , the force of diction , the juft concatenation of circumstances , the lively pictures of manners ,. E. the 1 the comprehenfive , yet diftinct views of the interefts of RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE , 29.
... dignity , the logical difpofition , the force of diction , the juft concatenation of circumstances , the lively pictures of manners ,. E. the 1 the comprehenfive , yet diftinct views of the interefts of RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE , 29.
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... circumstance brought the book within the cognizance of the house of lords , who proceeded against the author for a breach of privilege , while he was indicted II . in in the courts below for blafphemy . But Mr. WILKES RIGHT HON . EDMUND ...
... circumstance brought the book within the cognizance of the house of lords , who proceeded against the author for a breach of privilege , while he was indicted II . in in the courts below for blafphemy . But Mr. WILKES RIGHT HON . EDMUND ...
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... circumstances , and abandoned by his party , he seemed not only totally ruined , but nearly forgotten . A sudden ray of hope fhot through these glooms , on the promotion of fome of his former friends to office in the marquis of ...
... circumstances , and abandoned by his party , he seemed not only totally ruined , but nearly forgotten . A sudden ray of hope fhot through these glooms , on the promotion of fome of his former friends to office in the marquis of ...
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... circumstance of his being out of office . " The fame fun , " fays Mr. BURKE , " which gilds all nature , and exhi- larates the whole creation , does not fhine upon disappointed ambition . It is fomething that rays out of darkness , and ...
... circumstance of his being out of office . " The fame fun , " fays Mr. BURKE , " which gilds all nature , and exhi- larates the whole creation , does not fhine upon disappointed ambition . It is fomething that rays out of darkness , and ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.