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" He has faults ; but they are faults that, though they may in a small degree tarnish the lustre, and sometimes impede the march of his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixture of deceit,... "
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: With a Portrait, and Life of ... - Page 133
by Edmund Burke - 1823
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...lustre, and sometimes impede the march of his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixture...faults which might exist in a descendant of Henry the VOL. II. L fourth of France, as they did exist in that father of his country. Henry the fourth wished...
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Flowers of literature; for 1801 & 1802(-1805): or, Characteristic ..., Volume 4

Flowers of literature - 1807 - 626 pages
...extinguish the Are of great virtues. ID those faults, there is no mixture of deceit, of hypo. erisy, of pride, of ferocity, of complexional despotism,...as they did exist in that father of his country." Had Mr. Fox lived at the time when it became onr lot to prepare the above biographical account of him,...
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The History of Barbados: From the First Discovery of the Island, in the Year ...

John Poyer - Barbados - 1808 - 716 pages
...enjoyment of their little tenements*. It was the of Henry IV. of France, surnamed the Father of his People, that he might live to see a fowl in the pot of every peasant in his kingdom. Let it be the aim of every Barbadian, emulous of the same glorious appellatipn, to...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 5, Part 2

1809 - 596 pages
...his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those vices tliere is no mixture of deceit, of hypocrisy, of pride, of ferocity, of cornplexioaal despotism, or of want of feeling for tXe distresses of mankind. His vices are such as...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...have nothing iivthem to extinguish the fire of his great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixtur* of deceit, of hypocrisy, of pride, of ferocity, of...might live to see a fowl in the pot of every peasant in his kingdom. That sentiment of homely benevolence was worth all the splendid sayings that are recorded...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 2

Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...lustre, and sometimes impede the march of his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixture of deceit, of hypocrisy, of pride, of ferocity, ofcomplexional despotism, or want of feeling for the distresses of mankind. His are faults which might...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...lustre, and sometimes impede the march of his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixture...descendant of Henry the Fourth of France, as they did exia in that father of his country. Henry the Fourth wished that he might live to see a fowl in the...
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...lustre, and sometimes impede the march of his abilities, have nothing in them to extinguish the fire of great virtues. In those faults, there is no mixture...of deceit, of hypocrisy, of pride, of ferocity, of complexioual despotism, or want of feeling for the distresses of mankind. His are faults which might...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 11

Great Britain - 1827 - 540 pages
...faults, to use the words of a great orator, " there was no mixture of pride, of hypocrisy, of deceit, of complexional despotism, or want of feeling for the distresses of mankind." The Romans would have inscribed on his tomb the really exalted though apparently humble epithet of...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 11

1827 - 504 pages
...faults, to use the words of a great orator, " there was no mixture of pride, of hypocrisy, of deceit, of complexional despotism, or want of feeling for the distresses of mankind." The Romans would have inscribed on his tomb the really exalted though apparently humble epithet of...
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