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 من الصفحات |
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... with Mr. BURKE ; and he certainly has not carried that liberty to a greater extent than was exercised by the right honourable gentleman during his whole life . OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE . IN order to ADVERTISEMENT .
... with Mr. BURKE ; and he certainly has not carried that liberty to a greater extent than was exercised by the right honourable gentleman during his whole life . OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE . IN order to ADVERTISEMENT .
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... carried on many wars ; but he supposes , that in the expedition only against the Indians " three millions of fouls expired , with all the hor- rid and shocking circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of ...
... carried on many wars ; but he supposes , that in the expedition only against the Indians " three millions of fouls expired , with all the hor- rid and shocking circumstances which attend all wars , and in a quarrel , in which none of ...
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... the trouble of minute details , he haftily paffes over the Servile , the Social , the Gallic and Spanish wars , thofe with JUGURTHA , with ANTI- OCHUS , OCHUS , and many others carried on with equal fury 16 MEMOIRS OF THE.
... the trouble of minute details , he haftily paffes over the Servile , the Social , the Gallic and Spanish wars , thofe with JUGURTHA , with ANTI- OCHUS , OCHUS , and many others carried on with equal fury 16 MEMOIRS OF THE.
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Charles M'Cormick. OCHUS , and many others carried on with equal fury , among which he observes that the butcheries ... carrying deftruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid defarts every where behind them . where behind ...
Charles M'Cormick. OCHUS , and many others carried on with equal fury , among which he observes that the butcheries ... carrying deftruction before them as they advanced , and leaving horrid defarts every where behind them . where behind ...
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... of a great philofopher , that an irregular state of nature is preferable to fuch a government : we have the confent of all fenfible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is it . 22 MEMOIRS OF THE.
... of a great philofopher , that an irregular state of nature is preferable to fuch a government : we have the confent of all fenfible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is it . 22 MEMOIRS OF THE.
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 38 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.