 Sir, the venerable age of this great man, his merited rank, his superior eloquence, his splendid qualities, his eminent services, the vast space he fills in the eye of mankind; and, more than all the rest, his fall from power, which, like death, canonizes...  The Bookworm: An Illustrated Treasury of Old-time Literature - Page 3301893Full view - About this book
 | 1775 - 868 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and faniSlin'es a great chara&er, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation infult him... | |
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...Conway. duct. fhlct. 1 ám afraid to flatter him ¡ 1 am sure I. am not disposed to bhme liim. Lot those who have betrayed him by their adulation, insult...with their malevolence. But what I do not presume to ccn,*ure, I may have leave to lament. For a wise man, he seemed lo me, at that time, to be governed... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1792 - 608 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanctifies a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 604 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanctifies a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thoSe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 596 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanctifies a great character, will not fuller me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not dilpoled to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanitifics a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not difpofcd to blame him : let thefe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infuk him... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes ind fanftifies a great character, will not fuffer me to ccnfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him : let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, inlult him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanctifies a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him; I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
 | Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fanctifies a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him : I am fure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 462 pages
...power, which, like death, canonizes and fan&ifies a great character, will not fuffer me to cenfure any part of his conduct. I am afraid to flatter him ; I am lure I am not difpofed to blame him. Let thofe who have betrayed him by their adulation, infult him... | |
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