Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 36
Page 5
... rest of mankind . Unhappily he took the wrong direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with the pertinacity that marks little minds of all ranks , but which in royal understandings often amounts to a mental disease . Of a ...
... rest of mankind . Unhappily he took the wrong direction ; and , having once taken , persevered in it with the pertinacity that marks little minds of all ranks , but which in royal understandings often amounts to a mental disease . Of a ...
Page 18
... rests upon vague tradition . As a statesman , indeed , he is known to us by the events which history has recorded to have happened under his administration . Yet even of his share in bring- ing these about , little has been preserved of ...
... rests upon vague tradition . As a statesman , indeed , he is known to us by the events which history has recorded to have happened under his administration . Yet even of his share in bring- ing these about , little has been preserved of ...
Page 20
... rest upon tradition , that is , upon the accounts left by contemporary writers of its effects ; and how little we are enabled to judge for ourselves by examining the specimens that remain of his composition . It seems little short of ...
... rest upon tradition , that is , upon the accounts left by contemporary writers of its effects ; and how little we are enabled to judge for ourselves by examining the specimens that remain of his composition . It seems little short of ...
Page 27
... luminaries , and sat in the same shade with the rest of his generation at the same twilight or the same dawn . Tried by this test , the younger Pitt cannot certainly be said to have lived before his time , or shed LORD CHATHAM . 27.
... luminaries , and sat in the same shade with the rest of his generation at the same twilight or the same dawn . Tried by this test , the younger Pitt cannot certainly be said to have lived before his time , or shed LORD CHATHAM . 27.
Page 34
... rests upon a few scattered fragments . There is , however , some security for our deducing from these a correct notion of it , because they certainly , according to all accounts , were the portions of his discourse which pro- duced the ...
... rests upon a few scattered fragments . There is , however , some security for our deducing from these a correct notion of it , because they certainly , according to all accounts , were the portions of his discourse which pro- duced the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
admiration admitted adversary affairs afterwards amiable appeared argument audience authority bench Burke cause celebrated certainly character Chief circumstances conduct constitution course Court crown debate defend diction doubt duty effect eloquence eminent English Erskine favour favourite feelings France Frederic French French Revolution friends genius George III habits House of Commons House of Lords judge judgment justice kind King King's lawyer less liberty lived Lord Bute Lord Castlereagh Lord Chatham Lord Eldon Lord Mansfield Lord Melville Lord North Lord Thurlow mankind manner matter ment mind minister monarch nation nature ness never object opinions opposition orator oratory ordinary Parliament Parliamentary Partition of Poland party person Pitt Pitt's political Prince principles profession question reason reform remark respect royal sovereign speaker speech spirit statesmen station success suffered talents things tion Tories Whig party Whigs whole wholly