...Charles Townshend, who was described by Burke as the delight and ornament of the House of Commons, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence. And there are letters from the Right Honourable Richard Rigby, who, inferior though he was to these...

...him it seemed loss of time to think." Burke pays a generous tribute to his wit and charm, calling him "the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every society that he honoured with his presence." Lady Louisa Stuart, with her inimitable gift of hitting...

...combined with his charm in private life, called forth from Burke a glowing description of him as " the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every private society which he honoured by his presence." Walpole exclaims, " Nothing is luminous compared with Charles Townshend — he drops...

...understand, to be sure, that I speak of Charles Townshend, officially the reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every private society which he...

...and good-natured wit which caused him to be described by Burke as " the delight and ornament of the House and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence." His friends, though often the butts of his * It was often said of him that he had to make up, not only...

...understand, to be sure, that I speak of Charles Townshend, officially the reproducer of this fatal scheme ; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every private society which he...

...understand, to be sure, that I speak of Charles Townshend, officially the reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he...

...famous language about Charles Townsend, he became the delight and ornament of his party in the country, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence, and clouds of incense daily rose about him from the prodigal superstition of innumerable admirers."...

...understand, to be sure, that I speak of Charles Townshend, officially the re-producer of this fatal scheme; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he...

...Folgenden zitiert als Taxation"); Works u, S. 61 5) ebd., S. 63 6) Lady Crewe, Table Talk, op.cit., S. 13 House, and the charm of every private society which...presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, not in any country, a man of more pointed and finished wit, and (where his passions were not concerned)...