I knew him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, ' when he was nineteen ; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater the world ever saw. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 393by Richard Cumberland - 1856 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1807 - 560 pages
...in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, " wbea h<^ wns nineteen ; since which tim« be has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world e\er saw." The quirt dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1807 - 786 pages
...Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, ' when he was nineteen : since which lime he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world ever saw.' The quiet dignity of a mind, roused only by great objects, the absence of... | |
| 1809 - 592 pages
...him," says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, "when he was nineteen; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of... | |
| 1809 - 594 pages
...him," says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, "when he was nineteen ; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of... | |
| Arthur Collins - 1812 - 692 pages
...knew him (says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference), when he was nineteen) since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to...brilliant and accomplished debater the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by gieat objects, the absence of petty bustle, the contempt... | |
| Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 598 pages
...knew him (says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference), when he was nineteen; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished dehater the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...him,' says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, * when he was nineteen ; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world ever saw.' The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by gre.it objects, the absence of... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...him," says Mr. Burke, in a pamphlet written, after their unhappy difference, "when he was nineteen ;—.since which time he has risen by slow degrees,...to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater that the world ever saw." The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of... | |
| 1824 - 844 pages
...him,' says Mr Burke, in a Pamphlet written after their unhappy difference, ' when he was nineteen ; since which time he has risen, by slow degrees, to...brilliant and accomplished debater the world ever saw.' " The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of petty bustle, the contempt... | |
| 1824 - 878 pages
...written after their unhappy difference, ' when he was nineteen ; since which time he has risen, by alow degrees, to be the most brilliant and accomplished debater the world ever saw.' " The quiet dignity of a mind roused only by great objects, the absence of petty bustle, the contempt... | |
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