Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 12
... force it intact through the Lords by coupling it with a money Bill . The Lords passed amendments : the Commons rejected them : the Lords passed them a second time , and a second time received the Bill back again with a threatening ...
... force it intact through the Lords by coupling it with a money Bill . The Lords passed amendments : the Commons rejected them : the Lords passed them a second time , and a second time received the Bill back again with a threatening ...
Page 30
... force , to premiers and cabinets by whom royal speeches are composed or settled . ' You have taken the whole machine of government to pieces'- was his warning address to the Parliament of 1640 — ' a practice frequent with skilful ...
... force , to premiers and cabinets by whom royal speeches are composed or settled . ' You have taken the whole machine of government to pieces'- was his warning address to the Parliament of 1640 — ' a practice frequent with skilful ...
Page 32
... force of eloquence which had never been sur- passed in that assembly . He was animated as well by the greatness of the occasion as by a rivalship to his uncle Shaftesbury whom , during that day's debate , he seemed , in the judgment of ...
... force of eloquence which had never been sur- passed in that assembly . He was animated as well by the greatness of the occasion as by a rivalship to his uncle Shaftesbury whom , during that day's debate , he seemed , in the judgment of ...
Page 39
... force and energy which our orators rarely aim at , though it is evident that such an elevated style has much better grace in an orator than a writer , and is assured of more prompt and astonishing success .-- ( Hume , ' Essay on ...
... force and energy which our orators rarely aim at , though it is evident that such an elevated style has much better grace in an orator than a writer , and is assured of more prompt and astonishing success .-- ( Hume , ' Essay on ...
Page 52
... forces upon us is that neither of the three centre figures , neither Walpole , North , nor Palmerston , attained or retained his posi- tion by oratory . Sound manly sense , broad views , a high estimate and thorough knowledge of their ...
... forces upon us is that neither of the three centre figures , neither Walpole , North , nor Palmerston , attained or retained his posi- tion by oratory . Sound manly sense , broad views , a high estimate and thorough knowledge of their ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst ancestors ancient arms army battle Bill Bishop Bonaparte British called carried Charles command Court Crown 8vo Curran debate descended Dictionary Duke Earl eloquence England English Essays exclaimed favour Fitz Gibbon fortune France French gentleman give Government Henry History honour House of Commons House of Lords Illustrations Ireland Irish John JOHN STUART MILL JOHN TYNDALL King Königsmark Lady land Lanfrey late letter liberty London Lord Castlereagh Lord Chancellor Lord Macaulay marriage married ment military Minister moral Napoleon nation never nobility noble officers orator Parliament Parliamentary passed patriotism peerage peers person Pitt Plunket political popular Post 8vo Prince Queen R. A. PROCTOR remarkable replied royal scene Sir Robert Sir Robert Grosvenor Sir Robert Peel speak Speaker speech Sunday Taine things thought tion turn vols whilst William Woodcuts words young
Popular passages
Page 350 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 391 - BIBLE ANIMALS ; being a Description of every Living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, from the Ape to the Coral.
Page 385 - An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought : a Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Page 382 - A STUDENT'S MANUAL of the HISTORY of INDIA, from the Earliest Period to the Present.
Page 388 - Other Worlds than Ours ; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches.
Page 392 - A SYSTEM of SURGERY, Theoretical and Practical. In Treatises by Various Authors.
Page 13 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 235 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
Page 386 - A Greek-English Lexicon. Compiled by HG LIDDELL, DD Dean of Christ Church, and R. SCOTT, D,D. Dean of Rochester. Sixth Edition. Crown 4to. price 36s. A Lexicon, Greek and English, abridged for Schools from LIDDELL and SCOTT's Greek-English Lexicon.
Page 1 - He made an administration so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed, a cabinet so variously inlaid, such a piece of diversified mosaic, such a tesselated pavement without cement, — here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies, — that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to...