 In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit; and (where...  Peerage of England. ... - Page 475by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | Richard Cumberland - Dramatists, English - 1856 - 424 pages
...high career. Burke thus portrays him as an orator, when his light had ' passed and set for ever.' ' In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of...house, and the charm of every private society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1857 - 336 pages
...quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour became lord of the ascendant. Townshend was the delight and ornament of this House, and the...arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of more pointed and finished wit, and of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. He stated... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1857 - 336 pages
...quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour became lord of the ascendant. Townshend was the delight and ornament of this House, and the...arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of more pointed and finished wit, and of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. He stated... | |
 | David Addison Harsha - Orators - 1857 - 544 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I can not even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country,... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - Baronetage - 1859 - 914 pages
...and, where his passions were not concerned^ of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. He was the delight and ornament of this House, and...private society which he honoured with his presence. There are many j'oung members now present who never saw that prodigy Charles Townshend, nor of course... | |
 | Orators - 1859 - 370 pages
...of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...wen made joint paymaster! in the summer of 1766, on the removal of the Kockingham admlnistra lion. cate, against other agents and advocates; hut parliament is a deliherative assemhly wore not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. If he had not so great... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...Commons, when he had ceased to adorn it, as it was said by Burke of Charles Townshend : " In truth, he was the delight and ornament of this House, and...country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit, and of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. IS he had not so great a stock as some hare... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...says Burke, in parliament, " I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth he was the delight and ornament of this House, and...arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of more pointed and finished "wit, and (where his passions were not concerned), of a more refined, exquisite,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Chronology, Historical - 1862 - 880 pages
...parliament, said he could not even then speak of Charles Townshend without some degree of sensibility. ' A 5 Bq nI &κ WO ˏj 0 a $ GR @ more pointed and finished wit, and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite... | |
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