He stated his matter skilfully and powerfully. He particularly excelled in a most luminous explanation, and display of his subject. His style of argument was neither trite and vulgar nor subtle and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water.—... Peerage of England. ... - Page 475by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1862 - 460 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. I beg pardon, Sir, if when I speak... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. E. BURKE 71. SENSIBLE THINGS. Phil.... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house ; and he seemed to guide because he was always sure to follow it. 353. FROM HIS SPEECH ON THE NABOB... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the House just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. I beg pardon, Sir, if, when I speak... | |
 | Charles Knight - Biography - 1868 - 534 pages
...ana abatruie. He hit the House just between wind and water; and not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...than the preconceived opinions and present temper of hU hearers required, to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to th« temper of... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...and present temper of his hearers required; to whom .\e was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house; and he seemed to... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - English literature - 1870 - 482 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the house just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more,...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the house ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. FROM HIS SPEECH ON THE NABOB OF... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1875 - 968 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the House just between wind and water ; and, not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it. I beg pardon, sir, if, when I speak... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...and abstruse. Ho hit the House just between wind and water. And not being troubled with too anxious me ; and he seemed to guide, because he was also sure to follow it. I beg pardon, sir, if when I speak... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...and abstruse. He hit the House just between wind and water. And, not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more...required, to whom he was always in perfect unison. Ple conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure... | |
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