Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1824 |
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... AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS GENIUS AND TALENTS , COMPARED WITH THOSE OF HIS GREAT CONTEMPORARIES . BY JAMES PRIOR , ESQ . LONDON : PRINTED FOR BALDWIN , CRADOCK , AND JOY . 1824 . C. Baldwin , Printer , New Bridge - street , 220.
... AND AN ESTIMATE OF HIS GENIUS AND TALENTS , COMPARED WITH THOSE OF HIS GREAT CONTEMPORARIES . BY JAMES PRIOR , ESQ . LONDON : PRINTED FOR BALDWIN , CRADOCK , AND JOY . 1824 . C. Baldwin , Printer , New Bridge - street , 220.
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... genius and ac- quirements , demands some of his own powers ; no wonder , therefore , if under so illustrious a burthen my pen should break down . But the intention at least may be excused by the admirers of one , whom to remember is to ...
... genius and ac- quirements , demands some of his own powers ; no wonder , therefore , if under so illustrious a burthen my pen should break down . But the intention at least may be excused by the admirers of one , whom to remember is to ...
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... genius he possessed , the diversified talents he displayed , the great events with which the whole of his public life was connected , and the alternate eulogy and abuse with which , particularly since the period of the French Revolution ...
... genius he possessed , the diversified talents he displayed , the great events with which the whole of his public life was connected , and the alternate eulogy and abuse with which , particularly since the period of the French Revolution ...
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... though in- directly and circuitously , the reputation of Mr. Burke . From these we hear of him frequently as a man of genius , of brilliant fancy , and amusing talents -carefully keeping out of view , as if they were PREFACE . XV.
... though in- directly and circuitously , the reputation of Mr. Burke . From these we hear of him frequently as a man of genius , of brilliant fancy , and amusing talents -carefully keeping out of view , as if they were PREFACE . XV.
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... genius would have been exerted otherwise than in politics . This opinion , at best is but mere trifling . We have no right to speculate on what he might have been , but what he was . Added to an early bias towards the pursuit , there is ...
... genius would have been exerted otherwise than in politics . This opinion , at best is but mere trifling . We have no right to speculate on what he might have been , but what he was . Added to an early bias towards the pursuit , there is ...
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Page 180 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 168 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 102 - I venture to say, it did so happen, that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed...
Page 102 - ... a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated 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 stand on.
Page 445 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 166 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength, our opprobrium for their glory; and the slough of slavery, which we are not able to work off, to serve them for their freedom?
Page 242 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Page 242 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 204 - I think I know America. If I do not my ignorance is incurable, for I have spared no pains to understand it; and I do most solemnly assure those of my constituents who put any sort of confidence in my industry and integrity, that...
Page 398 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...