 | Edmund Burke - 1925 - 552 σελίδες
...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of a<|mirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of com-. inanil, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness next to the fog of this awful day, loured... | |
 | William Milbourne James - 1926 - 490 σελίδες
...he held for twelve years. Burke describes him as ' a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...and with a mind most perfectly disinterested ': but adds ' it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation and not to honour the memory of a great... | |
 | 1846 - 660 σελίδες
...of course necessary. $ Letter to a Noble Lord. Vol. 2, p. 196. by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted...vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness next to the fog of this awful day, lowered over the whole region. For a little time... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2000 - 540 σελίδες
...mean to speak disrespectfully of lord North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness, next to the fog of this awful day, loured over the whole region. For a little time... | |
 | Christopher Hibbert - 2002 - 420 σελίδες
...companions in the Kingdom' and by Edmund Burke as 'a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested'. He was an astute manager of the House of Commons and a shrewd leader of a coalition whose members were... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 534 σελίδες
...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 534 σελίδες
...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - 1901 - 454 σελίδες
...was,' says his great political opponent, Burke, ' a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, with a mind most disinterested.' To this eulogium of Burke, on one whom he does not hesitate to call... | |
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North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort of business; of infinite wit and pleasantry; of a delightful temper; and with a mind most perfectly disinterested. But it would be only to... 
