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History of England: From the First Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the ... - Page 233
by William Grimshaw - 1826 - 292 pages
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 49

1787 - 690 pages
...approbation, by loudly and repeatedly clapping with their hands as loon as he fat down. — Mr Fox faid, all that he had ever heard — all that he had ever...when compared with it — dwindled into nothing. And Mr Pitt declared, that it had every thing of genius— of eloquence— and of ingenuity — tiat could...
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Annual Register, Volume 29

Edmund Burke - 1789 - 678 pages
...of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there is any record or tradition. Mr. Fox (aid, " All that he had ever heard — all that he had ever...when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vanifhed like vapour before the fun." .Mr. Pitt acknowledged, that it furpafied all the eloquence of...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 29

1789 - 604 pages
...eloquence, argument, and \\ it united, of which there is any record or tradition. Mr. Fox faid, " Д11 that he had ever heard— all that he had ever read,...when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vainlhed like vapour before the fun." Mr. Pitt acknowledged, that it Jur¡vuled all the eloquence of...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 29

1789 - 592 pages
...eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there is any record or tradition. Mr. Fox fr.id, " All th;it he had ever heard — all that he had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into nothing, and vamlhed like vapour betöre the fun." Mr. Pitt acknowledged, that it lurpailed all the eloquence of...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 45

1827 - 790 pages
...leave no doubt of its extraordinary merit. 1 Mr Burke declared it to be " the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there...into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun ; " — and Mr Pitt acknowledged, " that it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient or modern times,...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 184

1896 - 588 pages
...eloquence ever heard in Parliament. According to Burke, ' the speech ' was the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, ' and wit united, of which there was any record or tradi' tion.' Fox said of it, ' All that he had ever heard, all that ' he had ever read, when compared...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which, there is any record or tradition. Mr. Fox avowed, that all he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared to it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun. Mr. Pitt confessed that it surpassed...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 1

Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which, there is any record or tradition. Mr. Fox avowed, that all he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared to it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun. Mr. Pitt confessed that it surpassed...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, in the House of ...

Charles James Fox - 1815 - 508 pages
...justly called, an eloquent one. Eloquent, indeed, it was — so much so, that all he had ever heard, all he had ever read, when compared with it dwindled into...nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun. Having paid this debt of justice to his honourable friend, Mr. Fox again urged his argument against...
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Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan: (Several ...

Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 428 pages
...loudly andrepeatedly clapping with their hands. Mr. Burke declared it to be the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit, united, of which...or tradition. Mr. Fox said, " all that he had ever heard—all that he had ever read when compared with it,' dwindled into nothing, and vanished like...
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