Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1826 |
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... dear friends I left behind ; yet the prospects could not fail to attract the attention of the most indiffe- rent country seats sprinkled round on every side , some in the modern taste , some in the style of old De Coverley Hall , all ...
... dear friends I left behind ; yet the prospects could not fail to attract the attention of the most indiffe- rent country seats sprinkled round on every side , some in the modern taste , some in the style of old De Coverley Hall , all ...
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... dear Sir , " Glasgow , January 29th , 1823 . " I have made inquiry at Principal Taylor in order to learn whether Mr. Edmund Burke was actually a Professor of Logic in the college of Glasgow between the years 1749 and 1752 , or was an ...
... dear Sir , " Glasgow , January 29th , 1823 . " I have made inquiry at Principal Taylor in order to learn whether Mr. Edmund Burke was actually a Professor of Logic in the college of Glasgow between the years 1749 and 1752 , or was an ...
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... dear to us , raised some anxious apprehensions ; but , thank God ! she is so much better that our fears are no more . " Men of genius are seldom so fortunate in their partners , or at least seldom think themselves so ; for being by ...
... dear to us , raised some anxious apprehensions ; but , thank God ! she is so much better that our fears are no more . " Men of genius are seldom so fortunate in their partners , or at least seldom think themselves so ; for being by ...
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... dear Madam , for mercy I plead , Do but think it well meant , tho ' ill sung and ill said , And if now to poor culprit you a pardon extend , He may prove a good boy , and next year perhaps mend . The war then lately commenced with ...
... dear Madam , for mercy I plead , Do but think it well meant , tho ' ill sung and ill said , And if now to poor culprit you a pardon extend , He may prove a good boy , and next year perhaps mend . The war then lately commenced with ...
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... dear Sir , it would be a great pleasure to me to hear as often from you as it is convenient . Do not give yourself any trouble about franks ; I value very little that trifling expense , and I should very little deserve to hear from my ...
... dear Sir , it would be a great pleasure to me to hear as often from you as it is convenient . Do not give yourself any trouble about franks ; I value very little that trifling expense , and I should very little deserve to hear from my ...
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Seite 289 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Seite 170 - So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless faithful only he ; Among innumerable false unmoved. Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Seite 273 - 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.
Seite 303 - But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance ; it is the dissidence of dissent ; and the protestantism of the protestant religion.
Seite 299 - In this character of the Americans a love of freedom is the predominating feature, which marks and distinguishes the whole ; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable, whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth...
Seite 109 - ... his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable and the tenor of his dialogue ; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen.
Seite 163 - ... 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.
Seite 506 - I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights, and liberties he has subverted ; whose properties he has destroyed, whose country he has laid waste and desolate. I impeach him in the name, and by virtue of those eternal laws of justice, which he has violated. I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured, and oppressed in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life.
Seite 307 - The question with me is, not whether you have a right to render your, people miserable ; but whether it is not your interest to make them happy.
Seite 306 - Sir, I think you must perceive that I am resolved this day to have nothing at all to do with the question of the right of taxation. Some gentlemen startle, but it is true. I put it totally out of the question. It is less than nothing in my consideration.