 Not one gla'nce of compassion, not one commiserating reflection that I can find throughout his book, has he bestowed on those who lingered out the most wretched of lives, a life without hope in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a...  Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine - Page 45publié par - 1846Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 536 pages
...moft miferable of prifons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himfelf. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of diflrefs touching upon his heart, but by the fhowy refemblance of it ftriking his imagination. He pities... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1791 - 358 pages
...moft miferable of prifons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himfelf. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of diftrefs touching upon his heart, but by the fhowy refemblance of it ftriking his imagination. He pities... | |
 | W. T. Sherwin - 1819 - 306 pages
...than he is to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the shewy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird .'^Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 482 pages
...wretched of lives, a life without hope, in the most miserable of prisons. It js painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart, but by the showy... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 pages
...wretched of lives, a life without hope, in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart, but by the showy... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 432 pages
...man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature haa been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has been to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress...heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking hi* imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratical... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1835 - 522 pages
...wretched of lives, a life without hope, in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart, but by the showy... | |
 | John Fellows - 1835 - 430 pages
...wretched of lives, a life without hope, in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Mr. Burke than he has been to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1837 - 716 pages
...wretched of lives, a life without hope, in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature has been kinder to Air. Burke than he has to her. He is not affected by the reality of distress touching upon his heart,... | |
 | Gilbert Vale - 1841 - 242 pages
...wretched of lives — a life without hope in the most miserable of prisons. It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself. Nature...He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird. Accustomed to kiss the aristocratic hand that hath purloined him from himself, he degenerates into... | |
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