 I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper ; and with a mind most...  The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 292by Edmund Burke - 1839Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 636 pages
...mouth.' But the same great orator, in his letter to a ' Noble ' Lord,' describes him in these terms : ' He was a man of ' admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile under* standing, fitted for every kind of business, of infinite wit and ' pleasantry, of a delightful... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...admiration of mankind the constitution of England ! And shall we Englishmen revoke to such a suit ? lay LORD NORTH. HE was a man of admirable parts ; of general...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance, and spirit of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 536 pages
...the very form and essence of legislature itself. In Ire-t land things ran in a still more eccentrick course. Government was unnerved, confounded, and in...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command,... | |
 | W. Gardiner - 1808 - 786 pages
...was so polite as to lend- hk person to watch over the youthful innocent. He was a man, says Burke, of admirable parts, of general knowledge ; of a versatile...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. Й68 Comparative Statement of the India Bills of Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt, by RB Sheridan, Esq. 4ft>. 5*.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...he could play the orator by the hour. The following masterly character is given of him by Burke. " He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he. wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 pages
...character in general, indeed, cannot be concluded in more comprehensive terms than those of Burke : — " He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested."i i Annual Register, passim.— BryJges's edition ofCellini's Pee rags, fcc. Sue. NORTH... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 564 pages
...the happiness to be thus recorded in the beautiful language of his great opponent, Burke himself. " He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge;...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 556 pages
...the happiness to be thus recorded in the beautiful language of his great opponent, Burke himself. " He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge;...; of a delightful temper, and •with a mind most disinterested. But it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory... | |
 | William Nelson Gardiner - 1812 - 114 pages
...was so polite as to lend his person to watch over the youthful innocent. He was a man, says Burke, of admirable parts, of general knowledge ; of a versatile...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. 268 Comparative Statement of the India Bills of Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt, by RB Sheridan, Esq. 4to. 5s.... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 218 pages
...Englishmen revoke to such a suit ? 159 LORD NORTH. HE was a man of admirable parts ; of general know ledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance, and spirit of... | |
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