Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1839 - Politicians |
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... gives his narrative a subdued colouring , and a complexion of modest sarcasm , and the circumstances he narrates prove the tyrannical ascendancy of past times , and his fears of the present . He misleads his readers , and smooths down ...
... gives his narrative a subdued colouring , and a complexion of modest sarcasm , and the circumstances he narrates prove the tyrannical ascendancy of past times , and his fears of the present . He misleads his readers , and smooths down ...
Page 50
... . Remember , principiis obsta , is a maxim common to health as well as politics . I received a letter from Macauley ; he gives an account of Lord Chatham , whose eloquence has gone beyond his 50 [ CHAP . MR . GRATTAN.
... . Remember , principiis obsta , is a maxim common to health as well as politics . I received a letter from Macauley ; he gives an account of Lord Chatham , whose eloquence has gone beyond his 50 [ CHAP . MR . GRATTAN.
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... gives me a short account of Mr. Townsend , asks for his friends , at the head of whom he places you , and omits nothing unless it be to speak of himself ; that topic he passes over with an insinu- ation of his idleness . I fear ...
... gives me a short account of Mr. Townsend , asks for his friends , at the head of whom he places you , and omits nothing unless it be to speak of himself ; that topic he passes over with an insinu- ation of his idleness . I fear ...
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... give to the suitor . Mr. Stephen Woulfe succeeded the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , and next Mr. Nicholas Ball succeeded Mr. Moore as one of the judges of the Common Pleas , men whose abilities entitled them to the situation ...
... give to the suitor . Mr. Stephen Woulfe succeeded the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer , and next Mr. Nicholas Ball succeeded Mr. Moore as one of the judges of the Common Pleas , men whose abilities entitled them to the situation ...
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... give me ; which although they are penned with that spirit of moderation and coolness which his Majesty has at all times showed to all his subjects , preferring in the first instance , lenity and admonition to rigour and chastisement ...
... give me ; which although they are penned with that spirit of moderation and coolness which his Majesty has at all times showed to all his subjects , preferring in the first instance , lenity and admonition to rigour and chastisement ...
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