 ... 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 322 pages
...speakers such as perhaps had not appeared together since the great age of Athenian eloquence. There and the English Hyperides. There was Burke, ignorant,...but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, 5 ancient or modern. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1900 - 322 pages
...tact, and his 20 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 25 were "Fox and Sheridan, the English Demosthenes and the English Hypexides. There was Burke, ignorant,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 458 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,... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1902 - 424 pages
...of his appearance, had paid to the illustrious tribunal the compliment of wearing a bag and sword. The box in which the managers stood contained an array...but in amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator ancient or modem." He proceeds, in a splendid passage, which it... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 450 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,... | |
 | 1903 - 672 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. There, with eyes reverentially fixed on Burke,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 534 pages
...Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, 1 Better known to posterity as Lord Ellenborough. the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides....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 - 1903 - 522 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...of Athenian eloquence. There were Fox and Sheridan, 1 Better known to posterity as Lord Ellenborough. the English Demosthenes and the English Hyperides.... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse - 1903 - 692 pages
...tact, and his urbanity. Hut, 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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 666 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,... | |
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