Parliament; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old, and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and make the country of their birth the seat of their... The Quarterly Review - Page 148edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
| 1851 - 812 pages
...described with the same graphic effect : — u He had said of Flood ' that he forgot that he was an oak of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty.' Arid yet here he was himself. Whether he would take root was the question, and for some moments very... | |
| 1851 - 792 pages
...described with tne same graphic effect : — " He had said of Flood ' that he forgot that he was an oak of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty.' And yet here he was himself. Whether he wonld take root was the qnestion, and 'for some moments very... | |
| 1851 - 604 pages
...described with the same graphic effect : — " He had said of Flood ' that he forgot that he was an oak of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty.' And yet here he was himself. Whether he would take root was the question, and for some moments very... | |
| Charles Phillips - 1851 - 464 pages
...Jupiter. He misjudged when he transferred himself to the English Parliament. He forgot that he was an oak of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty; and his seat in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of Union to stay at home and make... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1854 - 480 pages
...had the arm of a Jupiter ; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament ; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and make... | |
| 1855 - 364 pages
...he had the arm of Jupiter. He misjudged when he transferred himself to the English Parliament — he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty; and his seat in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and make... | |
| William Henry Curran - 1855 - 566 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter. He misjudged when he transferred himself to the English Parliament ; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and bis fate in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and... | |
| Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1854 - 468 pages
...greatly distinguished himself in the Irish, and as greatly failed, in the English Parliament, said "he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty." O'Connell's opponents confidently anticipated his failure. He is too much of a mob-orator, was the... | |
| Henry Grattan - 1861 - 490 pages
...the arm of a Jupiter ; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament ; he forgo: that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1861 - 324 pages
...who made the first motion of applause, exclaimed, " Burke told me that Grattan * ' ' He was an oak of the forest too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty." M was a wonderful man for a popular audience, and I see that he was right." The ' Annual Eegister '... | |
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