Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Band 1

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H. Colburn, 1839
 

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Seite 312 - ... they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Seite 238 - As to any gratitude to be expected from him or his family, the whole tenor of their lives has shown them void of that most honourable sentiment. But when decrepitude or death puts an end to him as a trumpet of sedition, I shall make no difficulty in placing the second son's name instead of the father's, and making up the pension £3000.
Seite 213 - I scarcely ever met with a better companion ; he has inexhaustible spirits, infinite wit and humour » and a great deal of knowledge ; but a thorough profligate in principle as in practice, his life stained with every vice, and his conversation full of blasphemy and indecency. These morals he glories in — for shame is a weakness he has long since surmounted. He told us himself, that in this time of public dissension he was resolved to make his fortune.
Seite 424 - ... at the rate of four pounds per centum per annum, from the day of , in the year of our Lord (6) sha'll have been levied.
Seite 72 - I am, with great truth and regard, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, LANSDOWNE.
Seite 142 - Burke is unquestionably the first orator of the Commons of England. Boundless in knowledge — instantaneous in his apprehensions — abundant in his language, he speaks with profound attention, and acknowledged superiority, notwithstanding the want of energy, the want of grace, (he could see this in another,) and the want of elegance in his manner.
Seite 69 - As it has ever been my constant wish, in every station of life in which I have acted, to prefer the milder method of conciliation and union to the harsher one of punishment and separation, I shall with great willingness undertake the task, however difficult it may be, which his Majesty has prescribed to me, of using my utmost endeavours to conciliate and unite those two (at present) very disunited parties — I mean the Kildares and Ponsonbys. This is the only step of conciliation that seems to me...
Seite 422 - Ireland are a free people, and to be governed only according to the common law of England, and statutes made and' established by Parliament in this kingdom of Ireland, and according to the lawful customs used in the same...
Seite 348 - Discouragement has, however, been given on my part, as far as might be without offence at a crisis when the arm and good-will of every individual might have been wanting for the defence of the state.
Seite 402 - Mr. Grattan proposed the following short and decisive resolution : " That at this time it would be inexpedient to grant new taxes.

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