| Edmund Burke - 1780 - 206 pagina’s
...of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleafed God to continue to me the hopes of fucceffion, I mould have been, according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a fort of founder of a family ; I mould have left a fon, who, in all the points in which perfonal merit... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pagina’s
...Debts, BURKE, (RICHARD) ESQ, HAD-it pleafed.God to continue to me the hopes of fucceffion, I fhould have been, according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a fort of founder of a family; I fhould have left a fon, who, in. all the points in which perfonal merit... | |
| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pagina’s
...dangerously. The following passage on the loss of his son is peculiarly pathetic : ' Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...of the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family ; -f- I should have left a son, \vho, in all the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science,... | |
| Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pagina’s
...according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity ot the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family ; -f I should have left a son, who, in all the points in...be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment, and * A reviewer having met... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 440 pagina’s
...of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleafed God to continue to me the hopes of fucceffiori, I mould have been according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a fort of founder of a family ; I mould have left a fon, who, in all the points in which perfonal merit... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 446 pagina’s
...of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleafed God to continue to me the hopes of fucceffion, I mould have been according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a fort of founder of a family ; I mould have left a fon, who, in all the points in which perfonal merit... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pagina’s
...advantages. The next interregnum will probably shew more of him. 138 RICHARD BURKE. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment, and every liberal accomplishment,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1807 - 536 pagina’s
...the propagator of the stock of honour, or the root of it, as he thought proper. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment, and every liberal accomplishment,... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pagina’s
...SECTION UK Burke r s Eulogy on his Son. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes ofsuccession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity, and...of the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family ; 1 should have left a son, who, in all the points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science,... | |
| Edmond Burke - 1815 - 218 pagina’s
...advantages. The next interregnum will probably shew more of him. 138 RICHARD BURKE. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...of founder of a family ; I should have left a son, \vho, in all the points in which personal merit can be •viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius,... | |
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