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
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...re-producer of this fatal scheme ; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. train ho honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man... | |
| James Routledge - Electronic books - 1876 - 680 pages
...Burke, even in condemning the colonial policy adopted, spoke of the reproducer of the fatal scheme, as " the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every private society that he honoured with his presence." " Perhaps," he added, " there never rose in this country, or any... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1877 - 582 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. 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... | |
| Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. general reason of the whole. You cm choose a member indeed; but when you have chose society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot 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 honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Forensic orations - 1880 - 552 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme ; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. 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, & man of... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...his services in parliament, said he could not even " speak of him without some degree of sensibility. He was the delight and ornament of this House, and...arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of more pointed or fmished wit, and (where his passions were not concerned) of a more refined, exquisite,... | |
| Wilhelm Oncken - Autographs - 1882 - 972 pages
...Dom 19. îlcrtl 1774: On american taxation. Works II, 422 ff. Sic fängt mit ben SBotten an: In truth he was the delight and ornament of this house and...private society which he honoured with his presence. 1) Sancrojt V, CO. Ijattc, gíid) bann wirflid), in ben SSorten be¿ garniere ju reben, einer „ring*:... | |
| World history - 1882 - 986 pages
...On amcrican taxation. Works II, 422 ff. Sie fängt mit ben SSSortcn an: In truth he was thedelight and ornament of this house and the charm of every...private society which he honoured with his presence. 1) »anctoft V, 09. 43* íjatte, gíid) bann wirflid), in ben SBorten beê garmerê p reben, einer... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1885 - 492 pages
...year before Sterne. Burke said of Charles Townshend in 1774, in his speech on American Taxation, " 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... | |
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