 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
 | 1815 - 488 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."1 1 Annual Regiiter, passim.— Brydges'i edition of Colliira'i Peerap, lie. fcc. NORTH... | |
 | George Crabb - 1816 - 788 pages
...mine. GOLDSMITH. Lord North was л roan of admirable parts ; of general knowledge, of a rcrsatiie. understanding, fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, and of a delightful temper. Виахк. CHARACTER, LETTER. CHARACTER comes from the Greek jcapaxTipo,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...Frederic Lord North, who, in that species of eloquence steady to its object, whilst temperate in * * * * 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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...honourable Frederic Lord North, who, in that species of eloquence steady to its object, whilst temperate in 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... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...Frederic Lord North, who, in that species of eloquence steady to its object, whilst temperate in * # * * 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 pages
...to tell us his story, morning and evening, but for one twelvemonth, and he will become our master. LORD NORTH. He was a man of admirable parts ; of general...mind most, perfectly disinterested. But it would be puly to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a g>eat man, to deny that... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...in Uhrlia, 304. St. Oswald, King of Northumberland, Martyr, 642. He was a man of admirable talents, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding,...pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested. fii'rke en Lord North, ».....-......-. J, T1, , „„.,,„„„,„,, _~~_ 334 ......^.........^^jj.... | |
 | John Burke - 1832 - 712 pages
...was a man of admirable parts, of geneni knowledge, of a versatile understanding, nttni for every son of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind mottt disinterested." HU lordship was s. by his eldest son, ; i nui:p \i <;i SITS, third earl. This... | |
 | John Burke - 1833 - 268 pages
...his father but two years, and died in 1792. This eminent statesman is described by Edmund Burke as " a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested." His eldest son and successor, by Anne, daughter and coheir of George Speke, Esq., of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 662 pages
...but, the very form and essence of legislature itself. In Ireland things ran in a still more eccentrick dmund Burke( honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command,... | |
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