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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... hands of young BURKE , and defired to know his opinion of it . He thus expreffed himself , after reading the work : --- " The only fault I find in it is its be- ing too concife , and not severe enough . Instead of a little duo- decimo ...
... hands of young BURKE , and defired to know his opinion of it . He thus expreffed himself , after reading the work : --- " The only fault I find in it is its be- ing too concife , and not severe enough . Instead of a little duo- decimo ...
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... hands of the editor is not at all material to the public , any further than as such an account might tend to authenticate the genuineness of it , and for this it was thought it might fafely rely on its own internal evi- dence . " An air ...
... hands of the editor is not at all material to the public , any further than as such an account might tend to authenticate the genuineness of it , and for this it was thought it might fafely rely on its own internal evi- dence . " An air ...
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... hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler ... hand RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 13.
... hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the paffions of their ruler ... hand RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 13.
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Charles M'Cormick. for ruin to enter , and give the last hand to this scene of misery and destruction . His kingdom was rent and divided ; which served to employ the more diftinct parts to tear each other to pieces , and bury the whole ...
Charles M'Cormick. for ruin to enter , and give the last hand to this scene of misery and destruction . His kingdom was rent and divided ; which served to employ the more diftinct parts to tear each other to pieces , and bury the whole ...
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... hands ; but only a few , a very few deaths . Society and politics , which have given us these de- ftructive views , have given us also the means of fatisfying them . From the earliest dawnings of policy to this day , the invention of ...
... hands ; but only a few , a very few deaths . Society and politics , which have given us these de- ftructive views , have given us also the means of fatisfying them . From the earliest dawnings of policy to this day , the invention of ...
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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.