 ... to that great muster of various talents. Age and blindness had unfitted Lord North for the duties of a public prosecutor ; and his friends were left without the help of his excellent sense, his tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence...  Sketches from English History - Page 339edited by - 1886 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood contained...but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern." Edmund Burke honoured Beaconsfield with his... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...such as, perhaps, had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the...to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood, contained...together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant... | |
 | 1842 - 654 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood, contained...together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes, and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant,... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...and, more than all, the delineation of the remarkable train by which he is surrounded. " There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the...but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood, contained...together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes, and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant,... | |
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1846 - 222 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. But, in spite of the absence of these two distinguished members of the Lower House, the box in which the managers stood, contained...together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes, and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant,... | |
 | 1853 - 458 pages
...and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hypcrides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, of the art of adapting his reasonings and his style to the capacity of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 354 pages
...Athenian eloquence. There stood Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the BngVOL. iv — 15 lish Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant, indeed, or negligent...to the capacity and taste of his hearers ; but in aptitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 772 pages
...to do justice to Sir Archibald's original genins. This is how Mr. Macaulay describes great men: — There were Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes...style to the capacity and taste of his hearers, but iti amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination, superior to every orator, ancient or modern.... | |
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