 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
 | Edmund Burke - 1909 - 472 pages
...parliament in the very seat of its authority; sat with a sort of superintendence over it; and littl e less than dictated to it, not only laws, but the very...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,... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 404 pages
...avow. It was with the desire and intention of speaking kindly that Burke wrote of him as follows : ' I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North....only 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... | |
 | Reginald Lucas - 1913 - 404 pages
...avow. It was with the desire and intention of speaking kindly that Burke wrote of him as follows : ' I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North....only 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... | |
 | Charles Clive Bigham Mersey (Viscount) - 1922 - 472 pages
...would risk any difficulties which might threaten the future." Burke, a lifelong opponent, said that he was "a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper and with a mind most... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 pages
...but England, would have had the honor of leading up the death-dance of democratic revolution. Other , As night is withdrawn From these sweet-springing...innumerable choir of day Welcome the dawn. RUPERT BROOKE honour the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command,... | |
 | Charles Clive Bigham Mersey (Viscount) - 1924 - 488 pages
...would risk any difficulties which might threaten the future." Burke, a lifelong opponent, said that he was " a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper and with a mind most... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 pages
...was totally gone. I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of a<|mirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding...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 com-.... | |
 | William Milbourne James - 1926 - 490 pages
...Lord North became Prime 1770 Minister, an office he held for twelve years. Burke describes him as ' a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of...and with a mind most perfectly disinterested ': but adds ' it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation and not to honour the memory of a great... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2000 - 540 pages
...more eccentrick course. Government was unnerved, confounded, and 8 Paradise Lost 2:71 o-1 1, 1:598-99. in a manner suspended. Its equipoise was totally gone....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,... | |
 | Christopher Hibbert - 2002 - 420 pages
...well described by Edward Gibbon as 'one of the best companions in the Kingdom' and by Edmund Burke as 'a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested'. He was an astute manager of the House of Commons and a shrewd leader of a coalition whose members were... | |
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