The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Divines, Patriots, Statemen, Warriors, Philosophers, Poets, and Artists of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Accention of Henry VIII, to the Present Time, Volume 6J. Mawman, 1816 |
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... opinion of the general corruptibility of public men ; and being of a frank disposition , without either enthusiasm or deli- cacy in his own feelings , he made no scruple of avow- ing his opinion of mankind . * * Lord Chesterfield says ...
... opinion of the general corruptibility of public men ; and being of a frank disposition , without either enthusiasm or deli- cacy in his own feelings , he made no scruple of avow- ing his opinion of mankind . * * Lord Chesterfield says ...
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... opinion , and those through which his enemies obtained the greatest advantage over him . But justice must be done . The prudence , steadiness , and vigilance of that man , joined to the greatest possible lenity in his character and his ...
... opinion , and those through which his enemies obtained the greatest advantage over him . But justice must be done . The prudence , steadiness , and vigilance of that man , joined to the greatest possible lenity in his character and his ...
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... opinion . He was On the whole , though he cannot rank among the great and exalted characters of his nation , he will always be conspicuous as an able minister , in which quality his reputation seems rather to have gained * Sir Charles ...
... opinion . He was On the whole , though he cannot rank among the great and exalted characters of his nation , he will always be conspicuous as an able minister , in which quality his reputation seems rather to have gained * Sir Charles ...
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... a thing not easily repaired , if done amiss . I have always been of opinion , that none make better wives than the ladies of Scotland ; and yet , who more for- saken than they , while the gentlemen are continually running 38 JAMES THOMSON .
... a thing not easily repaired , if done amiss . I have always been of opinion , that none make better wives than the ladies of Scotland ; and yet , who more for- saken than they , while the gentlemen are continually running 38 JAMES THOMSON .
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... opinion of his sincerity had ever taken root in the party ; and , which was worse per- haps for a man in his station , the opinion of his capacity began to fall apace . He was so hard pushed in the House of Lords in the beginning of ...
... opinion of his sincerity had ever taken root in the party ; and , which was worse per- haps for a man in his station , the opinion of his capacity began to fall apace . He was so hard pushed in the House of Lords in the beginning of ...
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Page 192 - In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine ; A different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...
Page 225 - I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door...
Page 226 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning', I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, ' My Lord, ' Your Lordship's most humble, ' Most obedient servant,
Page 398 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 225 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not...
Page 372 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some Beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 254 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 266 - 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...
Page 280 - I call upon the honor of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Page 237 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.