Benjamin Disraeli, earl of Beaconsfield, a biography 2 vols, Volume 1Samuel Orchart Beeton 1881 |
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Page 43 - Not a penny. I have been content, sir, you should lay my countenance to pawn : I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow, Nym ; or else you had looked through the grate, like a geminy of baboons.
Page 46 - Supposing I am in contact with this magnifico, am I prepared ? Now, let me probe my very soul. Does my cheek blanch ? I have the mind for the conception ; and I can perform right skilfully upon the most splendid of musical instruments, the human voice, to make those conceptions beloved by others. There wants but one thing more : courage, pure, perfect courage ; and does Vivian Grey know fear ? ' He laughed an answer of bitterest derision.
Page 85 - Empire raised by the heroic energies of your fathers ; rouse yourselves in this hour of doubt and danger ; rid yourselves of all that political jargon and factious slang of Whig and Tory — two names with one meaning, used only to delude you — and unite in forming a great national party which can alone save the country from impending destruction.
Page 18 - I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last; ay, sir, and though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me.
Page 372 - Conservatism was an attempt to carry on affairs by substituting the fulfilment of the duties of office for the performance of the functions of government; and to maintain this negative system by the mere influence of property, reputable private conduct, and what are called good connections.
Page 555 - Sultan personally witnessed the departure of the fleet; all the muftis prayed for the success of the expedition, as all the muftis here prayed for the success of the last general election. Away went the fleet; but what was the Sultan's consternation when the lord high admiral steered at once into' the enemy's port I Now, sir, the lord high admiral, on that occasion, was very much misrepresented. He, too, was called a traitor ; and he, too, vindicated himself.
Page 119 - The truth is, gentlemen," he said, "a statesman is the creature of his age, the child of circumstance, the creation of his times. A statesman is essentially a practical character ; and when he is called upon to take office, he is not to inquire what his opinions might or might not have been upon this or that subject — he is only to ascertain the needful and the beneficial, and the most feasible manner in which affairs are to be carried on. The fact is, the conduct and opinions of public 1 1834...
Page 341 - Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old Nobility ! " § Finally, Lord John, with commendable boldness, expresses the fullest approval of the indiscriminate * " King Charles the Martyr,
Page 83 - ... obtained power merely by the renunciation of every pledge which procured him an entrance into public life. " Gentlemen, I come forward to oppose this disgusting system of factious and intrusive nomination which, if successful, must be fatal to your local independence, and which, if extensively acted upon throughout the country, may even be destructive of your general liberties. I come forward wearing the badge of no party and the livery of no faction.
Page 158 - Mr. O'Connell, — Although you have long placed yourself out of the pale of civilization, still I am one who will not be insulted even by a yahoo without chastising it.