 Government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him — he thought only of Ireland — lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence....  Selections from the Writings ... - Page 182by Rev. Sidney Smith - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 646 pages
...Government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him — he thought only of Ireland— lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manlv courage, and all the splendour of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pages
...Government ever dismayed him — the work! could not bribe him — he thought only of Ireland — lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful...elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius, were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of a man was to make other... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Great Britain - 1822 - 436 pages
...No government ever dismayed him : the world could not bribe him : he thought only of Ireland ; lived for no other object ; dedicated to her his beautiful...gifted, that poetry, forensic skill, elegant literature, all the highest attainments of human genius, were within his reach. But he thought the noblest occupation... | |
 | Kilkenny city, theatre - 1825 - 192 pages
...Government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him — he thought only of IRELAND — lived for no other object— dedicated to her his beautiful...elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius, were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1835 - 792 pages
...— dedicated to her his beautiful fancy, bis elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that all the attainments of human genius were within his reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of... | |
 | 1839 - 568 pages
...of power. We forgave him, for the genius which led him to victory in the cabinet and debate — for his "beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendors of his astonishing eloquence." Nor is our patriotic pride wounded by the reflection that... | |
 | Commerce - 1839 - 566 pages
...of power. We forgave him, for the genius which led him to victory in the cabinet and debate — for "his beautiful fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendors of his astonishing eloquence." Nor is our patriotic pride wounded by the reflection that... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1840 - 558 pages
...her his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his, astonishing eloquence. He was eo born, and so gifted, that poetry, forensic skill,...elegant literature, and all the highest attainments of human genius, were within hie reach ; but he thought the noblest occupation of man was to make other... | |
 | Francis Alexander Durivage - Chronology, Historical - 1841 - 794 pages
...government ever dismayed him — the world could not bribe him. He only thought of Ireland — lived for no other object — dedicated to her his beautiful...fancy, his elegant wit, his manly courage, and all the splendor of his astonishing eloquence. He was so born, and so gifted, that all the attainments of human... | |
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