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 pages |
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... ment , though united , preferve the spirit which each form has fe- parately . Kings are ambitious ; the nobility haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , however in appearance peaceable , carries on a defign ...
... ment , though united , preferve the spirit which each form has fe- parately . Kings are ambitious ; the nobility haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , however in appearance peaceable , carries on a defign ...
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... ment can reach ) for all the rest of his majesty's minifters . " It is , indeed , unfortunate , that groundless jealousy , that any motives of selfish ambition , or fome small fhades of difference in political opinions , prevented Mr ...
... ment can reach ) for all the rest of his majesty's minifters . " It is , indeed , unfortunate , that groundless jealousy , that any motives of selfish ambition , or fome small fhades of difference in political opinions , prevented Mr ...
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... attention of the whole nation . Not a week , fcarcely a day paffed without fome difcuffion in parlia- ment arifing out of thofe occurrences ; and as Mr. BURKE took a fhare share in every debate , his character as an orator 82 MEMOIRS OF ...
... attention of the whole nation . Not a week , fcarcely a day paffed without fome difcuffion in parlia- ment arifing out of thofe occurrences ; and as Mr. BURKE took a fhare share in every debate , his character as an orator 82 MEMOIRS OF ...
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... ment of well - regulated schools of defign , where ftudents in the arts might find proper inftruction , and the best helps as well as incentives to aspiring genius , without going in search of them to : foreign foreign countries . The ...
... ment of well - regulated schools of defign , where ftudents in the arts might find proper inftruction , and the best helps as well as incentives to aspiring genius , without going in search of them to : foreign foreign countries . The ...
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... ment of power , containing in itself a perpetual principle of growth and renovation , and which the diftreffes and the pro- fperity of the country equally tended to augment : in fhort , he left no source of the public grievances ...
... ment of power , containing in itself a perpetual principle of growth and renovation , and which the diftreffes and the pro- fperity of the country equally tended to augment : in fhort , he left no source of the public grievances ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.