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Page 242
... force of plain statement by the brawn shield of burlesque , it was on such occasions that the rich and mellow brogue of Sir Boyle was heard above the uproar of debate . A happy knack of twisting facts or ideas , which , in ordinary ...
... force of plain statement by the brawn shield of burlesque , it was on such occasions that the rich and mellow brogue of Sir Boyle was heard above the uproar of debate . A happy knack of twisting facts or ideas , which , in ordinary ...
Page 243
... force and effect , and , to make sure of success , had committed his well - conned oration to paper , happened to sit near Sir Boyle in the coffee - room of the house , studying his speech . Suddenly the person who had been speaking ...
... force and effect , and , to make sure of success , had committed his well - conned oration to paper , happened to sit near Sir Boyle in the coffee - room of the house , studying his speech . Suddenly the person who had been speaking ...
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... force of whose reason lay in the clear comprehension of elementary views , and who , beyond any writer yet known to us , seems to have possessed his knowledge in the compendious form of first principles , was struck by the mischief and ...
... force of whose reason lay in the clear comprehension of elementary views , and who , beyond any writer yet known to us , seems to have possessed his knowledge in the compendious form of first principles , was struck by the mischief and ...
Page 258
... force ; on the other , by the remonstrances of America , backed by the complaints of the British commercial par- ties ; the people were for asserting the authority of England ; the king determined to defend the prerogative of the crown ...
... force ; on the other , by the remonstrances of America , backed by the complaints of the British commercial par- ties ; the people were for asserting the authority of England ; the king determined to defend the prerogative of the crown ...
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... force of his qualifications . Without the circle in which the eclat of these powers was seen and felt , the public mind was not altogether prepared for the portent of an unknown and unconnected borough member starting at once into the ...
... force of his qualifications . Without the circle in which the eclat of these powers was seen and felt , the public mind was not altogether prepared for the portent of an unknown and unconnected borough member starting at once into the ...
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Page 283 - 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 366 - On the demise of a person of eminence, it is confidently averred that he had a hand "open as day to melting charity," and that "take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.
Page 293 - ... 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 282 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 293 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur...
Page 283 - 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 miles distant from those who hear the arguments...
Page 404 - To subvert the tyranny of our execrable Government, to break the connection with England, the neverfailing source of all our political evils, and to assert the independence of my country — these were my objects. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter — these were my means.
Page 261 - He made an administration, so chequered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; 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...
Page 265 - Nor has he dreaded the terror of your brow, sir; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces, and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. Kings, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
Page 324 - ... The spirit it is impossible not to admire ; but the old Parisian ferocity has broken out in a shocking manner. It is true, that this may be no more than a sudden explosion ; if so, no indication can be taken from it ; but if it should be character, rather than accident, then that people are not fit for liberty, and must have a strong hand, like that of their former masters, to coerce them.