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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... reafon , as he calls it , he takes a glance at the condition of mankind in a ftate of nature , fubject to many and great inconveniencies . " Want of union , " fays he , " want of mutual affistance , want of a com- mon arbitrator to ...
... reafon , as he calls it , he takes a glance at the condition of mankind in a ftate of nature , fubject to many and great inconveniencies . " Want of union , " fays he , " want of mutual affistance , want of a com- mon arbitrator to ...
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... reafon he began to conceive an horror fuitable to the guilt of fuch a murder . In this juncture , his council came to his affiftance . But what did his council ? They found him out a philosopher who gave him comfort . And in what manner ...
... reafon he began to conceive an horror fuitable to the guilt of fuch a murder . In this juncture , his council came to his affiftance . But what did his council ? They found him out a philosopher who gave him comfort . And in what manner ...
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... reafon and our liberty to civil ufurpation , we have nothing to do but to conform as quietly as we can to the vulgar notions which are connected with this , and take up the theology of the vulgar as well as their politics . But if we ...
... reafon and our liberty to civil ufurpation , we have nothing to do but to conform as quietly as we can to the vulgar notions which are connected with this , and take up the theology of the vulgar as well as their politics . But if we ...
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... reafon for going to war with the French , " a war about the Scheldt ! " exclaimed the orator , " a war about a chamber - pot ! " The force and juftness of fuch very odd figures muft , however , be acknowledged even by those who may ...
... reafon for going to war with the French , " a war about the Scheldt ! " exclaimed the orator , " a war about a chamber - pot ! " The force and juftness of fuch very odd figures muft , however , be acknowledged even by those who may ...
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... reafon to believe , that , as Mr. BURKE's emergencies were great and frequent , fo were in like manner fir JOSHUA's fupplies . But a man so ambitious of literary fame as the prefident , and in a` state of so much affluence , could ...
... reafon to believe , that , as Mr. BURKE's emergencies were great and frequent , fo were in like manner fir JOSHUA's fupplies . But a man so ambitious of literary fame as the prefident , and in a` state of so much affluence , could ...
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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.