Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1824 |
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Strona xi
... scarcely to do him justice ; and , were they to be found no where else , the remark would be just . But these make part of the history of the country ; a few of the principal are to be found in his Works , and the remainder , in a very ...
... scarcely to do him justice ; and , were they to be found no where else , the remark would be just . But these make part of the history of the country ; a few of the principal are to be found in his Works , and the remainder , in a very ...
Strona 4
... Scarcely any thing is remembered of his early years , except being of a delicate con- stitution , tending , as was believed , to consumption . On this account he was kept longer than usual under the paternal roof ; and it is ...
... Scarcely any thing is remembered of his early years , except being of a delicate con- stitution , tending , as was believed , to consumption . On this account he was kept longer than usual under the paternal roof ; and it is ...
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... clings to a great English statesman as if it were a condition of his existence , of innumerable other offences , Mr. Burke has scarcely ever been C suspected of the sin of poetry . For while some RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 17.
... clings to a great English statesman as if it were a condition of his existence , of innumerable other offences , Mr. Burke has scarcely ever been C suspected of the sin of poetry . For while some RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 17.
Strona 47
... have been planned when he was 22 years old , and finished before he was 25 ; an age at which indifferent rhymes or loose love - stories form the common : exercises of young templers , and when scarcely any man RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 47.
... have been planned when he was 22 years old , and finished before he was 25 ; an age at which indifferent rhymes or loose love - stories form the common : exercises of young templers , and when scarcely any man RIGHT HON . EDMUND BURKE . 47.
Strona 48
... scarcely less forcible inclination , the lighter enjoyments of life cannot be often tasted without interfering with the continuity of his pursuits . Before him lies the stated task - the page not of nature but of 48 LIFE OF THE.
... scarcely less forcible inclination , the lighter enjoyments of life cannot be often tasted without interfering with the continuity of his pursuits . Before him lies the stated task - the page not of nature but of 48 LIFE OF THE.
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Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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?
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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...