He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort- of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper ; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to... Bookseller's catalogues - Page 27by W. Gardiner - 1808 - 14 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1835 - 620 pages
...Its equipoise was totally gone. I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man sis in the politics But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1837 - 660 pages
...speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of 260 261 admirable parts ; n p-pn»jnnwQf|c'p; as a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of...temper; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 534 pages
...a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested." He died in 1792, in his sixty-first year. (3) " May 16, Lord Halifax called on me,... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 552 pages
...till 1783, when he retired from public life. " He was," says his great opponent Mr. Burke, " a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 528 pages
...till 1783, when he retired from public life. " He was," says his great opponent Mr. Burke, " a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1839 - 590 pages
...Its equipoise was totally gone. I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of lord North. He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile...temper; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great... | |
| H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 pages
...then with double pain Feel all the rigour of thy fickle clime. (Cowper's Task.) Lord North was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge, of a versatile...sort of business , of infinite wit and pleasantry, and of a delightful temper. (Burke.) In the heigth of his reputation , and at a premature period of... | |
| Irishman - 1844 - 254 pages
...from the hand of an adversary. " I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of lord North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge ; of a versatile...and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper; and with a miud most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and... | |
| Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...more sincere, general, and unmixed sorrow. " Hail ! and farewell !" LORD NORTH. Lord North was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge ; of a versatile...temper; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1861 - 834 pages
...gratitude or admiration of the English people. Burke has thus deULoated his character : " He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort of btii-inc-s : of infinite wit and pleasantry; of a delighttV.l temper, and with a mind most disinterested."... | |
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