Lewis the Fourteenth in France, of Lord Halifax and Lord Oxford in this country. Now, sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in which it is a sacred duty to reward the merits or to relieve the distresses of men of... Speeches - Page 390by Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1853Full view - About this book
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1853 - 446 pages
...this country. Now, sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful — nay, in which it is a sacred duty — to reward the merits or to relieve the distresses of men of genins by the exercise of this species of liberality. But these cases are exceptions. I can conceive... | |
| Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 pages
...this country. Now, Sir,7 I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful,8 nay, in which it is a sacred duty, to reward the merits or to relieve the distresses of men of genius9 by the exercise10 of this species of liberality. But these cases are exceptions. I can conceive11... | |
| Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1868 - 296 pages
...this country. Now, Sir, 7 I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, 8 nay, in which it is a sacred duty, to reward the merits or to relieve the distresses of men of genius 9 by the exercise 10 of this species of liberality. But these cases are exceptions. I can conceive... | |
| Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1874 - 320 pages
...this country. Now, Sir,7 I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful,8 nay, in which it is a sacred duty, to reward the merits or to relieve the distresses of men of genius9 by the exercise10 of this species of liberality. But these cases are exceptions. I can conceive11... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1875 - 752 pages
...in this country. Now, Sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in which it is a sacred duty to reward the merits or...under which they should be taught to look for their <laily bread to the favour of ministers and nobles. I can conceive no system more certain to turn those... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...in this country. Now, Sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in which it is a sacred duty, to reward the merits or...genius by the exercise of this species of liberality. Hut tliese cases are exceptions. I can conceive no system more fatal to the integrity and independence... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 588 pages
...in this country. Now, sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in which it is a sacred duty to reward the merits or...should be taught to look for their daily bread to the favor of ministers and nobles. I can conceive no system more certain to turn those minds which are... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...in this country. Now, Sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in o 5 7 3 Y :ЎA V'UG b( :A * * { T X Qכ_ W9 b M sC, H+o0 M r ! 'O Я H X <I [ i> c> Hut these cases are exceptions. I can conceive no system more fatal to the integrity and independence... | |
| H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1881 - 830 pages
...ways in which they can be remunerated. . . . . One of these ways is patronage, the other is copyright I can conceive no system more fatal to the integrity...daily bread to the favour of Ministers and nobles We have then but one resource left, we must betake ourselves to copyright." An act passed in 1709,... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1889 - 796 pages
...in this country. Now, Sir, I well know that there are cases in which it is fit and graceful, nay, in which it is a sacred duty to reward the merits or...can conceive no system more fatal to the integrity ami independence of literary men than one under which they should be taught to look for their daily... | |
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