Lives of illustrious ... Irishmen, ed. by J. Wills, Volume 5, Part 21844 |
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Irishman James Wills. ful emulation . In him , ambition was repressed by the sense of supe- riority . There were none who had the most remote pretension to be regarded as objeets of competition : nor , among his fellow - students , is it ...
Irishman James Wills. ful emulation . In him , ambition was repressed by the sense of supe- riority . There were none who had the most remote pretension to be regarded as objeets of competition : nor , among his fellow - students , is it ...
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... sense of emulation , he accommodated himself to the un- derstandings of his company and to the temper of the hour . His fund of anecdote was inexhaustible ; his narrative graceful , easy , and pointed ; his wit was in such keeping with ...
... sense of emulation , he accommodated himself to the un- derstandings of his company and to the temper of the hour . His fund of anecdote was inexhaustible ; his narrative graceful , easy , and pointed ; his wit was in such keeping with ...
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... sense of Mr Burke : the clear and broad range of history , politics , poetry , and speculation , could not but reluctantly be resigned for the bounded compass of the special pleader's desk . Accordingly , it appears that Mr Burke was at ...
... sense of Mr Burke : the clear and broad range of history , politics , poetry , and speculation , could not but reluctantly be resigned for the bounded compass of the special pleader's desk . Accordingly , it appears that Mr Burke was at ...
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... sense . Of the politics of this period it is diffi- cult to speak precisely , within those limits which we are compelled to keep in view . A full view of the state of parties would be desir- able as illustrative of the history of Mr ...
... sense . Of the politics of this period it is diffi- cult to speak precisely , within those limits which we are compelled to keep in view . A full view of the state of parties would be desir- able as illustrative of the history of Mr ...
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... sense- less matter the attributes of creative mind . Without that precise apprehension of the direction of human tendency , which in his time there was little to render distinctly apparent to human observation , Mr Burke , raising his ...
... sense- less matter the attributes of creative mind . Without that precise apprehension of the direction of human tendency , which in his time there was little to render distinctly apparent to human observation , Mr Burke , raising his ...
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Page 283 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 366 - On the demise of a person of eminence, it is confidently averred that he had a hand "open as day to melting charity," and that "take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.
Page 293 - ... 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 282 - 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 293 - 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...
Page 283 - If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination. And what sort of reason is that in which the determination precedes the discussion, in which one set of men deliberate and another decide, and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments...
Page 404 - To subvert the tyranny of our execrable Government, to break the connection with England, the neverfailing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country — these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter — these were my means.
Page 261 - He made an administration, so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; 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...
Page 265 - Nor has he dreaded the terror of your brow, sir; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces, and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. Kings, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
Page 324 - ... The spirit it is impossible not to admire ; but the old Parisian ferocity has broken out in a shocking manner. It is true, that this may be no more than a sudden explosion ; if so, no indication can be taken from it ; but if it should be character, rather than accident, then that people are not fit for liberty, and must have a strong hand, like that of their former masters, to coerce them.