| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 494 Seiten
...character in general, indeed, cannot be concluded in more comprehensive terms than those of Burke : — " He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested."i i Annual Register, passim.— BryJges's edition ofCellini's Pee rags, fcc. Sue. NORTH... | |
| William Nelson Gardiner - 1812 - 114 Seiten
...was so polite as to lend his person to watch over the youthful innocent. He was a man, says Burke, of admirable parts, of general knowledge ; of a versatile...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. 268 Comparative Statement of the India Bills of Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt, by RB Sheridan, Esq. 4to. 5s.... | |
| 1815 - 488 Seiten
...character in general, indeed, cannot be concluded in more comprehensive terms than those of Burke : — " He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested."1 1 Annual Regiiter, passim.— Brydges'i edition of Colliira'i Peerap, lie. fcc. NORTH... | |
| George Crabb - 1816 - 788 Seiten
...mine. GOLDSMITH. Lord North was л roan of admirable parts ; of general knowledge, of a rcrsatiie. understanding, fitted for every sort of business, of infinite wit and pleasantry, and of a delightful temper. Виахк. CHARACTER, LETTER. CHARACTER comes from the Greek jcapaxTipo,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1828 - 182 Seiten
...his story, morning and evening, but for one twelvemonth, and he will become our master. LORD NORTH. He was a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge...mind most, perfectly disinterested. But it would be puly to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honour the memory of a g>eat man, to deny that... | |
| Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 Seiten
...in Uhrlia, 304. St. Oswald, King of Northumberland, Martyr, 642. He was a man of admirable talents, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding,...pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested. fii'rke en Lord North, ».....-......-. J, T1, , „„.,,„„„,„,, _~~_ 334 ......^.........^^jj.... | |
| John Burke - 1832 - 712 Seiten
...was a man of admirable parts, of geneni knowledge, of a versatile understanding, nttni for every son of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind mottt disinterested." HU lordship was s. by his eldest son, ; i nui:p \i <;i SITS, third earl. This... | |
| John Burke - 1833 - 268 Seiten
...his father but two years, and died in 1792. This eminent statesman is described by Edmund Burke as " a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of...pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested." His eldest son and successor, by Anne, daughter and coheir of George Speke, Esq., of... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 618 Seiten
...equipoise was totally gone. I do not mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirahle parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of husiness ; of infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper; and with a mind most perfectly... | |
| William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1838 - 534 Seiten
...a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for all sorts of business ; of infinite wit and pleasantry, of a delightful temper, and with a mind most disinterested." He died in 1792, in his sixty-first year. (3) " May 16, Lord Halifax called on me,... | |
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