The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of His Literary and Political Efforts, and a Sketch of the Conduct and Character of His Most Eminent Associates, Coadjutors, and Opponents, Volume 2Printed and pub. by G. Cawthorn, 1800 |
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... , Admiral Rodney had , by a signal ` victory over the Spanish fleet , displayed the valour and superior skill of the British navy . He led his victorious fleet to the West Indies , and there maintained the pre - emi- nence [ 92 ]
... , Admiral Rodney had , by a signal ` victory over the Spanish fleet , displayed the valour and superior skill of the British navy . He led his victorious fleet to the West Indies , and there maintained the pre - emi- nence [ 92 ]
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... displays great powers of combination , of bringing together every circumstance and argument that can elucidate his plans or evince his propo- sitions . He sets before us a subject in all its parts , dependencies , and relations . The ...
... displays great powers of combination , of bringing together every circumstance and argument that can elucidate his plans or evince his propo- sitions . He sets before us a subject in all its parts , dependencies , and relations . The ...
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... displaying talents very superior to those of the majority of parliamentary speakers . Mr. Sheridan having earned and acquired a character by his comic poetry , surpassing that of any writer since the time of Con- greve , came to display ...
... displaying talents very superior to those of the majority of parliamentary speakers . Mr. Sheridan having earned and acquired a character by his comic poetry , surpassing that of any writer since the time of Con- greve , came to display ...
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... displays a very thorough knowledge of human nature , not indeed so much of the anatomy of mind , as of its active powers , and the springs that set them in motion . His writ- ings do not only exhibit manners and the surface of life ...
... displays a very thorough knowledge of human nature , not indeed so much of the anatomy of mind , as of its active powers , and the springs that set them in motion . His writ- ings do not only exhibit manners and the surface of life ...
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... displayed such eloquence , was ex- punged from the journals of the house . Such measures were proposed as tended to satisfy Ireland , by rendering the Parliament of that country independent of that of Great Britain . with which this ...
... displayed such eloquence , was ex- punged from the journals of the house . Such measures were proposed as tended to satisfy Ireland , by rendering the Parliament of that country independent of that of Great Britain . with which this ...
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Page 335 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Page 334 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 82 - 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 curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate...
Page 415 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth.
Page 311 - Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
Page 332 - I have lived to it, and I could almost say, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition and error — I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it ; I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible...
Page 312 - In this sense the restraints on men, as well as their liberties, are to be reckoned among their rights. But as the liberties and the restrictions vary with times and circumstances, and admit of infinite modifications, they cannot be settled upon any abstract rule, and nothing is so foolish as to discuss them upon that principle.
Page 308 - Far am I from denying in theory, full as far is my heart from withholding in practice (if I were of power to give or to withhold), the real rights of men. In denying their false claims of right, I do not mean to injure those which are real, and are such as their pretended rights would totally destroy.
Page 142 - 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.
Page 83 - ... 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. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery, a circumnavigation of charity.