If this state of his, country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the sanguine credulity of youth, and all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate indeed, if he lives to... The Quarterly Review - Pagina 42geredigeerd door - 1841Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pagina’s
...enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it ! Fortunate indeed if he b'ves to see nothing that shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! — Speech on Conciliation with America. 1775. RAPID ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA.... | |
| William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 576 pagina’s
...death, shew itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.' .... If this state of his country had been foretold to...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day !" — And he did not: a few months after those eloquent sentences were uttered, he died peacefully,... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1846 - 708 pagina’s
...all the fervid glow of enthusiasm, to make him believe it ? Fortunate man, he has lived to see it I Fortunate, indeed, if he lives to see nothing that...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day I" Birth of But, however reluctantly, — in obedience to my duty, I must Henry Ba- now attend to a... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 536 pagina’s
...seminal principle, rather than a formed body, and should tell him—' Young man, there ia America—which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day!" He was born on the 2d of May, in the year 1714. I know not, and I must own I have not taken much pains... | |
| John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 pagina’s
...this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth inanners ; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! " But, however reluctantly, in obedience to my duty I must now attend to a much less interesting... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pagina’s
...improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements, in a series of seventeen hundred years,...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day! * * * # * # My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pagina’s
...as much added to her by America in the course of a single life !' If this state of his country lad been foretold to him, would it not require all the...vary the prospect and cloud the setting of his day! * * You cannot station garrisons in every part of these deserts. If you drive the people from one place,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1852 - 552 pagina’s
...improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years,...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, sir, if, turning from such thoughts, I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1852 - 558 pagina’s
...improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years,...vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day ! Excuse me, sir, if, turning from such thoughts, I resume this comparative view once more. You have... | |
| John West - 1852 - 370 pagina’s
...course of a single life ! If this state of his country had been foretold to him, would it not require all the fervid glow of enthusiasm to make him believe...shall vary the prospect, and cloud the setting of his day."—Part. Hist., vol. xviii. p. 487. In his dedication to Lord Hobart, the principal secretary... | |
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