Reminiscences of Charles Butler: ... with a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1825 - 350 من الصفحات |
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... Burke , Pitt , Mr. Fox , and Mr. Burke , 135 137 144 5. - Miscellaneous Observations on the Characters of Mr. 146 6. On the Holy Alliance , 7. - Lord Thurlow , 8. Mr. Sheridan - Mr . Dundas , 154 163 166 9. Mr. Grattan , · 168 XIII ...
... Burke , Pitt , Mr. Fox , and Mr. Burke , 135 137 144 5. - Miscellaneous Observations on the Characters of Mr. 146 6. On the Holy Alliance , 7. - Lord Thurlow , 8. Mr. Sheridan - Mr . Dundas , 154 163 166 9. Mr. Grattan , · 168 XIII ...
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... Burke will be found eminently beautiful and interesting.t Of the works of the ancients , which time has intercept- ed from us , it is difficult to fix on that , of which we should most lament the loss . Mr. Fox mentioned to the ...
... Burke will be found eminently beautiful and interesting.t Of the works of the ancients , which time has intercept- ed from us , it is difficult to fix on that , of which we should most lament the loss . Mr. Fox mentioned to the ...
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... Burke's confession in his curious Letter to Mr. Fox , ( Works , vol . x . p . 148 , ) that " the people were not attached to the " leaders of opposition : " he asserts , that " the whigs are by far the " weakest party in the country ...
... Burke's confession in his curious Letter to Mr. Fox , ( Works , vol . x . p . 148 , ) that " the people were not attached to the " leaders of opposition : " he asserts , that " the whigs are by far the " weakest party in the country ...
الصفحة 68
... Burke's being the author of the letters . His suspicions fell on Dr. Butler , bishop of Hereford , but I don't recollect more * Mr. Wilkes said , that the manner in which Junius corrected the printed sheets , showed that he was ...
... Burke's being the author of the letters . His suspicions fell on Dr. Butler , bishop of Hereford , but I don't recollect more * Mr. Wilkes said , that the manner in which Junius corrected the printed sheets , showed that he was ...
الصفحة 71
... gentleman in Staples - inn , to whom it referred , was afterward said to be the celebrated Isaac Reed , famed for his literary acqaintance among all ranks of persons . " Edmund Burke spoke to me about Junius in terms 71.
... gentleman in Staples - inn , to whom it referred , was afterward said to be the celebrated Isaac Reed , famed for his literary acqaintance among all ranks of persons . " Edmund Burke spoke to me about Junius in terms 71.
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الصفحة 131 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
الصفحة 22 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
الصفحة 132 - ... such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country...
الصفحة 102 - ... to plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence...
الصفحة 133 - ... against your Protestant brethren; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name, with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war! — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war.
الصفحة 132 - From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
الصفحة 174 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children...
الصفحة 337 - The characteristick quality of his poem is sublimity. He sometimes descends to the elegant, but his element is the great. He can occasionally invest himself with grace ; but his natural port is gigantick loftiness *. He can please when .pleasure is required; but it is his peculiar power to astonish.
الصفحة 166 - I am amazed at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong.
الصفحة 131 - I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.