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... situation to which he had been raised , he would have taken a greater share in the public discus- sions ; but through the whole Session , his Parlia- mentary exhibitions were confined to some brief occasional explanations of the views ...
... situation to which he had been raised , he would have taken a greater share in the public discus- sions ; but through the whole Session , his Parlia- mentary exhibitions were confined to some brief occasional explanations of the views ...
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... situation is no part of the consi- deration , to which a member of parliament may fairly turn his attention . I know not a more so- lemn or important duty that a member of parlia- ment can have to discharge , than by giving at fit ...
... situation is no part of the consi- deration , to which a member of parliament may fairly turn his attention . I know not a more so- lemn or important duty that a member of parlia- ment can have to discharge , than by giving at fit ...
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... situation in which he found France , with that to which he has raised her . I am no panegyrist of Buonaparte ; but I cannot shut my eyes to the superiority of his talents , to the amazing ascendant of his genius . Tell me not of his ...
... situation in which he found France , with that to which he has raised her . I am no panegyrist of Buonaparte ; but I cannot shut my eyes to the superiority of his talents , to the amazing ascendant of his genius . Tell me not of his ...
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... situation , they would permit him to retire , retaining his honour . Not one spark of that ho- nour should he conceive be retained , if he were to divulge that which , at the time it was communi- cated , and since , and now , he felt ...
... situation , they would permit him to retire , retaining his honour . Not one spark of that ho- nour should he conceive be retained , if he were to divulge that which , at the time it was communi- cated , and since , and now , he felt ...
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... situation still re- mained . He absented himself both from the dis- cussions in Parliament , and in the Cabinet ; but this appeared to him inconsistent with his duties as holding an official station . After a due consi- deration of the ...
... situation still re- mained . He absented himself both from the dis- cussions in Parliament , and in the Cabinet ; but this appeared to him inconsistent with his duties as holding an official station . After a due consi- deration of the ...
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Page 192 - ... ability of conjuring up in himself passions which are indeed far from being the same as those produced by real events, yet...
Page 323 - It was in vain to think of doing any more good at school. The remaining week I staid I did nothing but craze the faculties of my soul about her, or steal out to meet her; and the two last nights of my stay in the country, had sleep been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and innocent girl had kept me guiltless.
Page 312 - I looked and fingered over her little hand, to pick out the cruel nettle-stings and thistles. Among her other love-inspiring qualities, she sung sweetly ; and it was her favourite reel, to which I attempted giving an embodied vehicle in rhyme.
Page 304 - Hannibal gave my young ideas such a turn, that I used to strut in raptures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe, and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins, which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest.
Page 61 - I was a lad of fifteen in 1786-7, when he came first to Edinburgh, but had sense and feeling enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him : but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr. Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word ;...
Page 122 - I have some favourite flowers in spring, among which are the mountain-daisy, the hare-bell, the fox-glove, the wild-brier rose, the budding birch, and the hoary hawthorn, that I view and hang over with particular delight.
Page 116 - NAEBODY. I HAE a wife o' my ain, I'll partake wi' naebody ; I'll tak cuckold frae nane, I'll gie cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There — thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a guid braid sword, I'll tak dunts frae naebody.
Page 186 - Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met, or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 185 - ... which is generally the most difficult part of the business, I walk out, sit down now and then, look out for objects in nature around me that are in unison or harmony with the cogitations of my fancy, and workings of my bosom; humming every now and then the air, with the verses I have framed.
Page 38 - I resolved to publish my poems. I weighed my productions as impartially as was in my power; I thought they had merit; and it was a delicious idea that I should be called a clever fellow, even though it should never reach my ears — a poor negro-driver — or perhaps a victim to that inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of spirits!