... and at the head of the treasury department. It was indeed in a situation of little rank and no consequence, suitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretensions. But a situation near enough to enable me to see, as well as others, what was going... The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Página 397de Edmund Burke - 1803Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1775 - 868 páginas
...fixtyfive, being in a very private flation, far enough from any line of bufinefs, and not having thehonourof a feat in this Houfe, it was my fortune, unknowing and unknown to the then mini.iry, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble per_^ f , fon,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1775 - 64 páginas
...conceal. In the year fixty-five, being in a very private ftition, far enough from any line of bufi-- nefs, and not having the honour of a feat in this Houfe, it wasww fortune, unknowing and unknown to the then miniftry, by the intervention of a common friend,... | |
| 1778 - 626 páginas
...the honour of a seat in this house, il was my iorltme, unknowing and unknown to the then ministry, hy the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble person, and at the head of' the treasury department. It was indeed in ¡i situation of little rank... | |
| 1791 - 634 páginas
...RocKlNOHAM. In the year 1765, being in a very private ftation, far enough from any Tine of bflfinefs, and not having the honour of a feat in this houfe,...was my fortune) unknowing and unknown to the then miriitry, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble perfon, and... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1792 - 608 páginas
...fixty-five, being in a very private ftation, far enough from any line of buiinefs, and not having the honor of a feat in this Houfe, it was my fortune, unknowing...head of the Treafury department. It was indeed in a fit nation of little rank and no confequence, fuitable to the mediocrity of my talents and pretenfions.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 páginas
...anfwer him (Mr. Cornwall) as clearly as I am able, and with great opennefs; I have n6thing to conceal. In the year fixty-five, being in a very private ftation,...common friend, to become connected with a very noble perlbn (Marquis of Rockingham) and at the head of the treafury department. It. was indeed in a iituation... | |
| Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 páginas
...fixty-five," fays this admirable apologift, " being in a very private ftation, far from any line of bufinefs, and. not having the honour of a feat in this houfe, it was my fortune, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a v«ry noble perfon, and at the head... | |
| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 páginas
...far from any line of business, and not having the honour of a seat in this house, it was my fortune, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble person, then at the head of the Treasury department. It was indeed a situation of little rank and no... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 páginas
...the honour of a seat in this house, it was my fortune, unknowing and unknown to the then ministry, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble person, and at the head of the treasury department. It was indeed in a situation of little rank and... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 páginas
...the honour of a seat in this house, it was my fortune, unknowing and unknown to the then ministry, by the intervention of a common friend, to become connected with a very noble person, and at the head of the treasury department. It was indeed in a situation of little rank and... | |
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