 Poor souls, they are to be pitied, who think of nothing but dangers long passed by, and but little of the perils that actually surround them. I have been long, but it is almost a necessary consequence of dictating, and that by snatches, as a relief from...  The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke - Page 428by Edmund Burke - 1877Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1818 - 514 pages
...notion, even that amounts to no more than a sort of humming, that remains on their ears, of the burthen of the old song about Popery. Poor souls, they are...last breath, which I entertained when my faculties faculties were at the best; and T have not held back from men in power in this kingdom, to whom I have... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 620 pages
...old song about popery. Poor souls, they are to be pitied, who think of nothing but dangers long past by, and but little of the perils that actually surround...faculties were at the best ; and I have not held back from meo in power in this kingdom, to whom I have very good wishes, any part of my sentiments on this melancholy... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 638 pages
...They can have little weight as coming from me ; and I have not power enough of mind or hody to hring them out with their natural force. But I do not wish...concealed, that I am of the same opinion to my last hreath, which I entertained when my faculties were at the hest : and I have not held hack from men... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
..." power enough of mind or body to bring out his sentiments with their natural force," but adds — "I do not wish to have it concealed that I am of the...I entertained when my faculties were at the best." The commencement of the Rambler in March 1750, marked an attempt on the part of Johnson to revive the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1866 - 462 pages
...; and in part, I believe, the disposition is real. As to the people at large in this country, I aui sure they have no disposition to intermeddle in your...kingdom, to whom I have very good wishes, any part of iny sentiments on this melancholy subject, so long as I had means of access to persons of their consideration.... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...power enough of mind or body to bring out his sentiments with their natural force,' but adds — ' I do not wish to have it concealed that I am of the...I entertained when my faculties were at the best.' The commencement of the Rambler in March 1750 marked an attempt on the part of Johnson to revive the... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1876 - 564 pages
...not " power enough of mind or body to bring out his sentiments with their natural force," but adds, " I do not wish to have it concealed, that I am of the...opinion to my last breath which I entertained when niy faculties were at the best." The commencement of " The Rambler " in March, 1750, marked an attempt,... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1881 - 1120 pages
...back one hair's breadth. ' I am of the same opinion,' he writes in 1797, the year in which he died, ' to my last breath, which I entertained when my faculties were at the best.' Mr. John Morley's admirable biography has interested all of us afresh in Burke's life and genius ;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Copyright - 1882 - 344 pages
...back one hair's breadth. 'I am of the same opinion,' he writes in 1797 (the year in which he died), ' to my last breath, which I entertained when my faculties were at the best.' Mr. John Morley's admirable biography has interested all of us afresh in Burke's life and genius ;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - Democracy - 1883 - 534 pages
...back one hair's -breadth. "I am of the same opinion," lie writes in 1797 (the year in which he died), "to my last breath, which I entertained when my faculties were at the best." Mr. John Morley's admirable biography has interested all of us afresh in Burke's life and genius ;... | |
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