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" ... his charitable toils for the relief of India, did not forget the poor rotten constitution of his native country. For her, he did not disdain to stoop to the trade of a wholesale upholsterer for this house, to furnish it not with the faded tapestry... "
The State of the Nation: In a Series of Letters to His Grace, the Duke of ... - Page 114
by John Cartwright - 1805 - 173 pages
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...upholsterer for this house, to furnish it not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! But what is even more striking than the real services of this new- imported patriot, is his modesty....
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 3

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...upholsterer lor this house, to furnish it not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...not have transfused into the veins of the present J But what is even more striking than the real services of this new-imported patriot, is his modesty....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...upholsterer for this house, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! But what is even more striking than the real services of this new-imported patriot, is his modesty....
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 17

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1810 - 538 pages
...solid, living pat" terns of true m<>dern virtu. Paul Ben" field made (reckoning himself) no fewer " thin eight members in the last parliament. " What copious streams of pure blood must he " not hixe tranijfiised into the veins of the prt" sent i ***** * « * ****** " On his part he [Atkinson,...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1815 - 746 pages
...upholsterer for this House, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! * See Vol. XXIII. p. 845. But what is even more striking than the real services of this new-imported...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 588 pages
...upholsterer for this House, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry f1gures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! But what is even more striking than the real services of this new-imported patriot, is his modesty....
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The History of British India, Volume 3

James Mill - Hindus - 1817 - 794 pages
...upholsterer for this house, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach, some other houses,...not have transfused into the veins of the present!" But the occasions of Mr. Benfield had called him to India. " It was, therefore," continues Mr. Burke,...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 34

England - 1833 - 1032 pages
...upholsterer for tiii * Mouse, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry-figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach some other houses, but...solid, living patterns of true modern virtue. Paul IVi. '•.•'<! made, reckoning himself, no fewer than eight members in the last Parliament. What...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 34

Scotland - 1833 - 1056 pages
...true modern virtue. Paul JBenfield made, reckoning himself, no fewer than eight members in the fast Parliament. What copious streams of pure blood must...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! " But, what is more striking than the real services of this newly-imported patriot, is his modesty....
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke: With a Biographical and ..., Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...upholsterer for this house, to furnish it, not with the faded tapestry figures of antiquated merit, such as decorate, and may reproach, some other houses,...not have transfused into the veins of the present ! But what is even more striking than the real services of this new-imported patriot, is his modesty....
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