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... re- turn . Whether yielding , or resisting , every has brought us nearer the verge of that mighty cataract , of which we already hear the roar . hour The Extracts from Burke's published works are made in an PREFACE . xi.
... re- turn . Whether yielding , or resisting , every has brought us nearer the verge of that mighty cataract , of which we already hear the roar . hour The Extracts from Burke's published works are made in an PREFACE . xi.
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... hour , and having achieved the ex- ploit of the hour , were content with what they had done . But it is palpable , that Burke in every instance contemplated a larger victory ; that his struggle was not VALUE OF BIOGRAPHY . 3.
... hour , and having achieved the ex- ploit of the hour , were content with what they had done . But it is palpable , that Burke in every instance contemplated a larger victory ; that his struggle was not VALUE OF BIOGRAPHY . 3.
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... hours in desultory reading . He thus passed , or perhaps wasted , the years from 1750 to 1753. But such a mind must have had many mis- givings in such a course , and he was at length stimu- lated to effort , by the vacancy of the ...
... hours in desultory reading . He thus passed , or perhaps wasted , the years from 1750 to 1753. But such a mind must have had many mis- givings in such a course , and he was at length stimu- lated to effort , by the vacancy of the ...
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... hour of triumph , his young antagonist thus happily at once seizes on the sounding amplification of his style , and ridicules the philosophical folly of his argument : " In looking over any state , to form a judgment on it , it presents ...
... hour of triumph , his young antagonist thus happily at once seizes on the sounding amplification of his style , and ridicules the philosophical folly of his argument : " In looking over any state , to form a judgment on it , it presents ...
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... hour , with a man of the most extraordinary powers of mind , and extent of in- formation , which it has ever been my fortune to meet , and I am now going to the inn to ascertain , if possible , who the wonder is . " The traveller had ...
... hour , with a man of the most extraordinary powers of mind , and extent of in- formation , which it has ever been my fortune to meet , and I am now going to the inn to ascertain , if possible , who the wonder is . " The traveller had ...
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Page 39 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Page 148 - ... 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 98 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference, and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom. Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege.
Page 102 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 89 - 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 102 - If this state of his country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate, indeed, if he lives to see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, Sir, if turning from such thoughts I resume this comparative view once more.
Page 98 - I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothic ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people the I775O CONCILIATION WITH THE COLONIES. 29! haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit...
Page 100 - ... deserts. If you drive the people from one place, they will carry on their annual tillage and remove with their flocks and herds to another. Many of the people in the back settlements are already little attached to particular situations. Already they have topped the Appalachian mountains. From thence they behold before them an immense plain, one vast, rich, level meadow; a square of five hundred miles.
Page 171 - The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it.
Page 90 - My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. 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...