Historical Characters: Talleyrand, Cobbett, Mackintosh, CanningBernhard Tauchnitz, 1868 |
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... persons . They think rarely of what is right in the abstract : they do usually what is best at the moment . They never play the greatest part amongst their contemporaries : they almost always play a great one ; and , without arriving at ...
... persons . They think rarely of what is right in the abstract : they do usually what is best at the moment . They never play the greatest part amongst their contemporaries : they almost always play a great one ; and , without arriving at ...
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... person who , after the example of his great ecclesiastical predecessors , might rise to the highest dignities in the Church and State , the Abbé de Périgord showed an almost ostenta- tious disregard for the duties and decorum of the pro ...
... person who , after the example of his great ecclesiastical predecessors , might rise to the highest dignities in the Church and State , the Abbé de Périgord showed an almost ostenta- tious disregard for the duties and decorum of the pro ...
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... person , and established one presiding theory " that all had to make themselves agreeable . ' " " The evening parties of Madame de Brignole , and of Madame du Deffand , the little suppers of Madame Geoffrin , the dinners of Baron ...
... person , and established one presiding theory " that all had to make themselves agreeable . ' " " The evening parties of Madame de Brignole , and of Madame du Deffand , the little suppers of Madame Geoffrin , the dinners of Baron ...
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... person generally praised , will reply to what we have said , that Amène has not that force and energy of character which is necessary to break through the obstacles that impede the course of a public man . It is true he will yield to ...
... person generally praised , will reply to what we have said , that Amène has not that force and energy of character which is necessary to break through the obstacles that impede the course of a public man . It is true he will yield to ...
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... person whom I designate as " politic " through life al- most like an instinct , was especially visible in the pre- sent instance . No one can doubt that , at the moment when every other institution was overturned in France , a great ...
... person whom I designate as " politic " through life al- most like an instinct , was especially visible in the pre- sent instance . No one can doubt that , at the moment when every other institution was overturned in France , a great ...
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allies amidst amongst archbishopric of Paris authority avait bien Bishop of Autun Bonaparte Bourbons c'est Canning's career Catholic church clergy Cobbett commenced Comte d'Artois conduct considered constitution court declared Duc d'Orléans Duke Emperor enemies England epoch été être excited fait faut favour foreign affairs fortune France French friends give Historical Characters hommes honour House idea influence interest King King's l'Angleterre liberty Lord Castlereagh Lord Grenville Lord Liverpool Louis XVI Louis XVIII Mackintosh ment mind minister of foreign Mirabeau monarch Napoleon National Assembly nature never once opinion Paris Parliament party passion peace Périgord person Pitt political popular position possessed prince principles qu'il question Reinhard respect Revolution royal Russia Sir James Mackintosh society sort sovereign Spain speech spirit States-General statesman success talents Talleyrand temps things thought tion tout treaty Whig whilst wished
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Side 174 - You well know, gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing on their shadows in perfect stillness — how soon, upon any call of patriotism or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage, how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and all its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.
Side 90 - Needy Knife-grinder! whither are you going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order, — Bleak blows the blast ; your hat has got a hole in't, So have your breeches ! " Weary Knife-grinder ! little think the proud ones, Who in their coaches roll along the turnpikeRoad, what hard work 'tis crying all day, ' Knives and Scissors to grind O ! ' " Tell me, Knife-grinder, how came you to grind knives?
Side 91 - Was it the squire for killing of his game? or Covetous parson for his tithes distraining? Or roguish lawyer made you lose your little All in a lawsuit? (Have you not read the Rights of Man, by Tom Paine?) Drops of compassion tremble on my eyelids, Ready to fall as soon as you have told your Pitiful story.
Side 105 - I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, the reason why I cannot tell, But this I know and know full well, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell...
Side 91 - Story! God bless you! I have none to tell, Sir, Only last night a-drinking at the " Chequers," This poor old hat and breeches, as you see, were Torn in a scuffle. Constables came up for to take me into Custody ; they took me before the justice ; Justice Oldmixon put me in the parishstocks for a vagrant.
Side 117 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 62 - Ancient learning, exact science, polished society, modern literature, and the fine arts, contributed to adorn and enrich the mind of this accomplished man. All his contemporaries agreed with the satirist in ascribing '' To Berkeley every virtue under heaven.
Side 88 - I had always been fond of beautiful gardens ; and a gardener, who had just come from the king's gardens at Kew, gave such a description of them as made me instantly resolve to work in these gardens. The next morning, without saying a word to any one, off I set, with no clothes, except those upon my back, and with thirteen halfpence in my pocket.
Side 50 - The opening of the birch leaves is the signal for the pheasant to begin to crow, for the blackbird to whistle, and the thrush to sing; and just when the oak-buds begin to look reddish, and not a day before, the whole tribe of finches burst forth in songs from every bough, while the lark, imitating them all, carries the joyous sounds to the sky.
Side 64 - the truth about innate ideas may be, that there are properly no ideas or passive objects in the mind but what are derived from sense, but that there are also, besides these, her own acts and operations — such are notions...