 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
 | George Roberson, John Richard Green - 1859 - 146 pages
...choice they made of their Chancellor. " He was," says his great political opponent, Burke, " a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile...infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, with a mind most disinterested." To this eulogium of Burke, on one whom he does not hesitate to call... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 638 pages
...equipoise was totally gone. I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirahle parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of husiness ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper ; and with a mind most perfectly... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1861 - 794 pages
...gratitude or admiration of the English people. Burke has thus delineated his character : " He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile...and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with ft mind most disinterested.'" Gibbon, in tho preface to his great history, says of him : " Were I ambitious... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1861 - 856 pages
...gratitude or admiration of the English people. Burke has thus delineated his character : " He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile...of business: of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delight™ temper, and with a mind most disinterested. Gibbon, in the preface to his great history,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1866 - 528 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... | |
 | George III (King of Great Britain) - 1867 - 444 pages
...Lord :" — "He was a man of " admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile under" standing, fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit...pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most per" fectly disinterested ; but it would be only to degrade myself " by a weak adulation, and not to... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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... | |
 | John Charles Earle - 1871 - 362 pages
...parent's faults — but his great opponent likewise, Edmund Burke, assures us that, " He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile...infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and of a mind most perfectly disinterested. But," he adds, " it would be only to degrade myself by a weak... | |
 | John Charles Earle - 1871 - 504 pages
...Edmund Burke, assures us that, " He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a Tersatile understanding, fitted for every sort of business,...infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and of a mind most perfectly disinterested. But," he adds, " it would be only to degrade myself by a weak... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 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 honour the memory of a great... | |
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