The r-l register, with annotations by another handJ. Bew, 1781 - Great Britain |
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... for , whatever may be their force , the doubts of his hearers , who know his capacity to make the worse appear the better reason , continually accompany them , C 2 and 4 .and conviction itself , when it flows from his ( 19 )
... for , whatever may be their force , the doubts of his hearers , who know his capacity to make the worse appear the better reason , continually accompany them , C 2 and 4 .and conviction itself , when it flows from his ( 19 )
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... reason- ing unparallelled , he overturned every ar- gument he had just employed ; when he fat down , fatisfied that he had given a speci- men of his abilities , whofe fplendor would obfcure the difhonourable ufe he had made of them ...
... reason- ing unparallelled , he overturned every ar- gument he had just employed ; when he fat down , fatisfied that he had given a speci- men of his abilities , whofe fplendor would obfcure the difhonourable ufe he had made of them ...
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... , poffeffes claims by no means inferior to any order of men in the State . But , even in the most enlightened age , and among a people celebrated for know- knowledge and liberality of Senti- ment , Reason must fometimes ( 94 )
... , poffeffes claims by no means inferior to any order of men in the State . But , even in the most enlightened age , and among a people celebrated for know- knowledge and liberality of Senti- ment , Reason must fometimes ( 94 )
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William Combe. knowledge and liberality of Senti- ment , Reason must fometimes yield to Prejudice and if a man whose commercial genius and pursuits had been of the first utility to his coun- try ; if another Sir Thomas Gref- ham were to ...
William Combe. knowledge and liberality of Senti- ment , Reason must fometimes yield to Prejudice and if a man whose commercial genius and pursuits had been of the first utility to his coun- try ; if another Sir Thomas Gref- ham were to ...
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... reason why Commerce has not an equal claim to the Peerage with the Law : nor has any argument oc- curred to my reflection , which , in the matter before me , may be ad- vanced against the former , but may with equal juftice be applied ...
... reason why Commerce has not an equal claim to the Peerage with the Law : nor has any argument oc- curred to my reflection , which , in the matter before me , may be ad- vanced against the former , but may with equal juftice be applied ...
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Page 26 - And not being troubled with too anxious a zeal for any matter in question, he was never more tedious or more earnest than the preconceived opinions and present temper of his hearers required, to whom he was always in perfect unison. He conformed exactly to the temper of the House ; and he seemed to guide, because he was always sure to follow it.
Page 27 - TOWNSHEND, nor of course know what a ferment he was able to excite in every thing by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings ; for failings he had undoubtedly. Many of us remember them—- We are this day considering the effect of them.
Page 29 - ... men. All eyes were fixed on them, all ears open to hear them ; each party gaped, and looked alternately for their vote, almost to the end of their speeches. While the House hung in this uncertainty, now the...
Page 27 - ... of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause ; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate, passion for fame ; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. He worshipped that goddess wheresoever she appeared ; but he paid his particular devotions to her in her favourite habitation, in her chosen temple, the House of Commons.
Page 29 - ... they rebellowed from the other; and that party to whom they fell at length from their tremulous and dancing balance always received them in a tempest of applause.
Page 6 - As I foretold you, were all fpirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air ; And, like the bafelefs fabric of this vifion, The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The folemn temples, the great globe itfelf, Yea, all which it inherit, fhall diffolve ; And, like this infubftantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind ! We are fuch fluff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a Deep.
Page 25 - Townfhend, officially the re-producer of this fatal fcheme; whom I cannot even now remember without fome degree of fenfibility.- In truth, Sir,, he was the delight and ornament of this houfe, and the charm of every private fociety which he honoured with his prefence.
Page 172 - English troops happened to be, that officers being convinced that neither high birth nor great employments can shelter offences of such a nature, and that, seeing they are subject to censures much worse than death to a man who has any sense of honour, they may avoid the fatal consequences arising from disobedience of orders.
Page 172 - ... to cenfures much worfe than death, to a man •who has any fenfe of honour, they may avoid the fatal confequences anting from difobedience of orders.
Page 28 - ... place, no man living could divine, -from any known adherence to parties, to opinions, or to principles, from any order or fyftem in their...