Memoirs of the right honourable Edmund Burke; or, An impartial review of his private life, his public conduct, his speeches in parliament, and the different productions of his penLee and Hurst, 1798 - 378 من الصفحات |
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... Royal Academy . We shall then tranfplant the laurel to the proper tomb ; and hope that neither Mr. COURTENAY , Lord CAR- LISLE , nor Mr. MALONE , will be offended at our doing justice to the memories of the dead , and at our adorning ...
... Royal Academy . We shall then tranfplant the laurel to the proper tomb ; and hope that neither Mr. COURTENAY , Lord CAR- LISLE , nor Mr. MALONE , will be offended at our doing justice to the memories of the dead , and at our adorning ...
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... royal highness , though declined by Mr. PITT and lord TEMPLE , were accepted by the marquis of ROCKINGHAM , the duke of NEWCASTLE , and their friends . The marquis was appointed first lord of the treasury , and the duke obtained the ...
... royal highness , though declined by Mr. PITT and lord TEMPLE , were accepted by the marquis of ROCKINGHAM , the duke of NEWCASTLE , and their friends . The marquis was appointed first lord of the treasury , and the duke obtained the ...
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... royal master . “ These are plain facts ; of a clear and public nature ; nei ~ ther extended by elaborate reafoning , or heightened by the co- louring of eloquence . They are the fervices of a fingle year . " The removal of that ...
... royal master . “ These are plain facts ; of a clear and public nature ; nei ~ ther extended by elaborate reafoning , or heightened by the co- louring of eloquence . They are the fervices of a fingle year . " The removal of that ...
الصفحة 70
... royal mafter ; " thereby infinuating , that his My dismissed them spon- taneously , and from a diflike to their measures . If their mea- fures were good and popular , ( as he pretends ) it is unjust to his My to say he disliked them ...
... royal mafter ; " thereby infinuating , that his My dismissed them spon- taneously , and from a diflike to their measures . If their mea- fures were good and popular , ( as he pretends ) it is unjust to his My to say he disliked them ...
الصفحة 72
... royal prerogative . The power of fufpenfion , which is but another word for a tem- porary repeal , refides only in the legislature , the fupreme autho- rity of the realm .--- The recefs of parliament , or the inconve- nience of ...
... royal prerogative . The power of fufpenfion , which is but another word for a tem- porary repeal , refides only in the legislature , the fupreme autho- rity of the realm .--- The recefs of parliament , or the inconve- nience of ...
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الصفحة 38 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
الصفحة 220 - But, my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the disgraces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to authorize and associate to our arms the tomahawk and scalping-knife of the savage; to call into civilized alliance the wild and inhuman inhabitant of the woods...
الصفحة 141 - ... some way related to the business that was to be done within it. If he was ambitious, I will say this for him, his ambition was of a noble and generous strain. It was to raise himself not by...
الصفحة 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
الصفحة 142 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
الصفحة 98 - ... them in a superior manner did not always preserve, when they delineated individual nature. His portraits remind the spectator of the invention of history, and the amenity of landscape.
الصفحة 98 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was, on very many accounts, one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country. In taste, in grace, in facility, in happy invention, and in the richness and harmony of colouring, he was equal to the great masters of the renowned ages.
الصفحة 263 - But he has put to hazard his ease, his security, his interest, his power, even his darling popularity, for the benefit of a people whom he has never seen.
الصفحة 38 - 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.
الصفحة 104 - The people have no interest in disorder. When they do wrong, it is their error, and not their crime. But with the governing part of the State, it is far otherwise. They certainly may act ill by design, as well as by mistake.