Reminiscences of Charles Butler ...: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern Music, المجلد 1E. Bliss & E. White, and Collins & Hannay, 1825 - 350 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 131 - and I know that the conquest of English " America is an impossibility. You cannot, my lords, " you cannot conquer America. What is your present "situation there? We do not know the worst; but we " know that in three campaigns we have done nothing " and suffered much. You may swell every expense, " accumulate every assistance, and extend your traffic
الصفحة 256 - without a rival or a second. We remember the verses, in which he is described to be one, " Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up, what was meant for mankind.
الصفحة 132 - the religion of their God, to support the justice •' of their country. I call upon the bishops to interpose " the sanctity of their lawn, upon the judges to interpose " the purity of their ermine, to save us from this pol" lution. I call upon the honour of your
الصفحة 130 - by your inveterate enemy—and ministers do " not and dare not interpose with dignity or effect. The " desperate state of our army abroad is in part known. " No man more highly esteems and honours the English " troops than I do; I know their virtues and their " valour ; I know they can achieve any thing but
الصفحة 131 - sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and " their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. " 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! But, -'- my lords, who is the man, that, in addition to the dis" graces and mischiefs of the war, has dared to
الصفحة 75 - Pitt,—" Even then, even before this splendid orb was entirely set, and while the western horizon was in a blaze with his descending glory, on the opposite quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour, became lord of the ascendant:"—has uncommon merit, but yields to that of Junius.
الصفحة 164 - all these noble lords, the language of • the noble duke is as applicable and as insulting as it is " to myself. But 1 don't fear to meet it single and alone. '• No one venerates the peerage more than I do,—but, " my lords, I must say that the peerage solicited me,— '
الصفحة 132 - that adorn these walls, the immortal ancestor of " this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace " of his country. In vain did he defend the liberty, and " establish the religion of Britain, against the tyranny of " Rome, if these worse than popish cruelties and
الصفحة 164 - which the noble duke has made on me. Yes, my " lords'," considerably raising his voice, " I am amazed •' at his grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look " before him, behind him, or on either side of him, with" out seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this '
الصفحة 131 - to use all the means which God and Nature ' have put into our hands !' I am astonished, I am " shocked, to hear such principles confessed, to hear " them avowed in the house, or this country. My lords, " I did not intend to encroach so much on your