 | sir James Prior - 1826 - 1108 Seiten
...whirl«— have a tendency to bless or to adorn life, have whi my observation in my passage through it. J have sought the acquaintance of that gentleman, and...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these he possesses many external and instrumental advantages ; and he makes use of them all. His fortune... | |
 | 1832 - 616 Seiten
...him in the following terms:—" He is a true genius; with an understanding vigorous, acute, refined, distinguishing even to excess, and illuminated with...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these, he possesses many external and instrumental advantages, and he makes use of them all. His fortune is... | |
 | 1832 - 592 Seiten
...him in the following terms:—" He is a true genius; with an understanding vigorous, acute, refined, distinguishing even to excess, and illuminated with...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these, he possesses many external and instrumental advantages, and he makes use of them all. His fortune is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 648 Seiten
...my observation in my passage through it. I have sought the acquaintance ofthat gentleman, and bave nd fact a liar, if liiis power in the subject of proportioning distinguished even to excess ; and illuminated with a most unbounded, peculiar, and original cast of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1835 - 652 Seiten
...have wholly escaped my observation in my passage through it. I have sought the acquaintance ofthat gentleman, and have seen him in all situations. He...understanding vigorous, and acute, and refined, and distinguished even to :сезз ; and illuminated with a most unbounded, peculiar, and original cast... | |
 | Parliament commons, proc - 1839 - 328 Seiten
...Bristol in 1780, describes Sir George " as a true genius; with an understanding vigorous, acute, refined, distinguishing even to excess, and illuminated with...unbounded, peculiar, and original cast of imagination" — "during the session, the first in and the last out of the House of Commons." He cfiecl in 1784.... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 Seiten
...of that gentleman, and have seen him in all situations. He is a true genius; with an nnderstanding vigorous, and acute, and refined, and distinguishing...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these he possesses many external and instrumental advantages; and he makes use of them all. His fortune is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 644 Seiten
...situations. Ho is a truo genius; with an understanding vigorous, and acute, and refined, and distinguished even to excess; and illuminated with a most unbounded,...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. "With these he possesses many external and instrumental advantages ; and he makes uso of them all. His fortune... | |
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 Seiten
...observation in my passage through it. I have sought the acquaintance of that gentleman, and have I seen him in all situations. He is a true genius, with...peculiar, and original cast of imagination. With these he possesses many external and instrumental advantages, and he makes use of them all. His fortune is... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1883 - 378 Seiten
...philanthropist, and an eccentric. He was the friend of Pitt and Burke, the latter of whom said of him :—“ I have sought the acquaintance of that gentleman,...unbounded, peculiar, and original cast of imagination. - - - His fortune is among the largest; a fortune which, wholly nnincumbered, as it is, with one single... | |
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observation in my passage through it. I have sought the acquaintance of that gentleman, and have seen him in all situations. He is a true genius : with an understanding vigorous, and acute, and refined, and distinguishing even to excess ; and illuminated... 
