Memoirs of the Life and Times of the Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan, Band 1H. Colburn, 1839 |
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Seite 288 - ... 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 400 - ... 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 191 - 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 56 - I am, with great truth and regard, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, BEDFORD.
Seite 215 - You may ravage — you cannot conquer ; it is impossible : you cannot conquer the Americans. You talk of your numerous friends to annihilate the congress, and of your powerful forces to disperse their army : I might as well talk of driving them before me with this crutch ! But what would you conquer — the map of America?
Seite 122 - Burke is unquestionably the first orator among the Commons of England ; boundless in knowledge, instantaneous in his apprehensions, and abundant in his language; he speaks with profound attention and acknowledged superiority, notwithstanding the want of energy, the want of grace, and the want of elegance in his manner.
Seite 53 - 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 388 - Whether the subjects of Ireland be a free people, and to be governed only by the common laws of England and statutes of force in this kingdom...
Seite 398 - 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 46 - In Scauri oratione, sapientis hominis et recti, gravitas summa et naturalis quaedam inerat, auctoritas , non ut causam , sed ut testimonium dicere putares , cum pro 112 reo diceret.