 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 514 Seiten
...difplayed his ufual talents; the former, taking the vaft compafs of the qucftion before us, difcovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded. We voted an addrefs, (three hundred and four to one hundred and five,) of lives and fortunes, declaring Maflachufetts... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1796 - 434 Seiten
...difplayed his ufual talents; the former, taking the vaft compafs of the queftion before us, difcovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded. We voted an addrefs,( three hundred and four to one hundred and five , ) of lives and fortunes /declaring Maffachuffets... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1803 - 520 Seiten
...difplayed his ufual talents : the former, taking the vaft compafs of the queftion before us, difcovercd powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded." ike Gibbon's Letter to lord Sheffield, 1775. CHAP, fuch colony mould alfo engage to provide for the... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 568 Seiten
...of his talents. " The principal men, both days, were Fox and Wedderlinrne, on the opposice M<les ; the latter displayed his usual talents: the former, taking the vast compass of the question before UH, discovered powers tor regular debate, which nei* thcr his fricnds hoped, nor his enemics dreaded."... | |
 | Charles James Fox - 1815 - 548 Seiten
...nor myself could find room for a single word. The principal men both day* were Fox and Wedderburne, on the opposite sides ; the latter displayed his usual...regular debate, which neither his friends .hoped, "or his enemies dreaded." Miscellaneous Works, vol. 1. p. 489. Parliament, earlier in their application,... | |
 | Charles James Fox - 1815 - 520 Seiten
...sides ; the latter displayed h1« usual talents; the former, taking the vast compass of the quest1on before us, discovered powers for regular debate, which...neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded." Miscellaneous Works, vol. 1. p, 489, D ^ Parliament, earlier in their application, and more vigorous... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 904 Seiten
...great speech ; and, as we learn from a letter of Gibbon, the historian, to Lord Sheffield, that he " discovered powers for regular debate which neither his friends hoped nor his enemies dreaded." I cannot forbear to insert a condensed view of the course of argument of the members of Parliament... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1820 - 502 Seiten
...extraordinary force and extent of his talents. " The principal men, both days, were Fox and Wedderburne, on the opposite sides; the latter displayed his usual...for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, HOT his enemies dreaded." Set Gibbon's letter to lord Sheffield, 1775. any CHAP, any of the colonies... | |
 | 1854 - 718 Seiten
...marked by decided ability, had hitherto been desultory and occasional; but he now (as Gibbon said) discovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded. Mr. Grattan (as we learn from Lord John), who had heard Mr. Fox at various epochs, declared his preference... | |
 | 1824 - 878 Seiten
...Fox was steady and uninterrupted. So early as the beginning of 1775, we are told by Gibbon, that " he discovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded." But, notwithstanding the brilliancy of his talents, and the reputation he acquired in the House of... | |
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Wedderburne, on the opposite sides ; the latter displayed his usual talents; the former, taking the vast compass of the question before us, discovered powers for regular debate, which neither his friends hoped, nor his enemies dreaded. 
