Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1824 |
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... occasion , when Edmund said he deserved a civic crown for jumping overboard , from a ship at sea , to save a friend from the jaws of a shark . * out * This circumstance being much talked of at the time , his late Majesty heard of it ...
... occasion , when Edmund said he deserved a civic crown for jumping overboard , from a ship at sea , to save a friend from the jaws of a shark . * out * This circumstance being much talked of at the time , his late Majesty heard of it ...
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... occasion . This gentleman , who felt an equal degree of attachment to his illustrious acquaintance , being often questioned during his life as to the boyish . peculiarities of the great Burke , seemed to feel much interest in recounting ...
... occasion . This gentleman , who felt an equal degree of attachment to his illustrious acquaintance , being often questioned during his life as to the boyish . peculiarities of the great Burke , seemed to feel much interest in recounting ...
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... occasion , will be esteemed by those who look to auguries sufficiently remarkable ; the whole is in a peculiar degree ex- pressive of character , the reflections ingenious , and just , and even profound , like most of his let ters ...
... occasion , will be esteemed by those who look to auguries sufficiently remarkable ; the whole is in a peculiar degree ex- pressive of character , the reflections ingenious , and just , and even profound , like most of his let ters ...
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... occasion came immediately under his eye without receiving any formal con- tradiction from him , which , as it did not come under the head of slander , he might have deigned to give it . The name of 1 journey to France , it was believed ...
... occasion came immediately under his eye without receiving any formal con- tradiction from him , which , as it did not come under the head of slander , he might have deigned to give it . The name of 1 journey to France , it was believed ...
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... occasion the recal of a note to a familiar acquain tance . What he uttered in public partook of the same labour . He was perhaps the only member of either house who ever wrote , got by heart , and rehearsed his speeches in private ...
... occasion the recal of a note to a familiar acquain tance . What he uttered in public partook of the same labour . He was perhaps the only member of either house who ever wrote , got by heart , and rehearsed his speeches in private ...
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الصفحة 180 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
الصفحة 168 - 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.
الصفحة 102 - I venture to say, it did so happen, that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed...
الصفحة 102 - ... 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.
الصفحة 445 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
الصفحة 166 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength, our opprobrium for their glory; and the slough of slavery, which we are not able to work off, to serve them for their freedom?
الصفحة 242 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. 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...
الصفحة 242 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; 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.
الصفحة 204 - I think I know America. If I do not my ignorance is incurable, for I have spared no pains to understand it; and I do most solemnly assure those of my constituents who put any sort of confidence in my industry and integrity, that...
الصفحة 398 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...