 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1892 - 668 pagina’s
...degenerated into honor and virtue. «' snould nave been, according to my mediocrity and the mediocrity ot the age I live in, a sort of founder of a family :...be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal accomplishment,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 pagina’s
...the protection, of the British crown. EDMCMI BrRKR. BURKE'S ACCOUNT OF HIS SON. Had it pleased God t* continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have...son, who, in all the points in which personal merit ctm be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in Immunity,... | |
 | William Charteris Macpherson - 1893 - 438 pagina’s
...pleased God to continue to me the hopes of a succession," he wrote, in his "Letter to a Noble Lord," "I should have been according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of a founder of a family." If we turn for an opinion from Professor Bryce to Lord Nelson, who lived in... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 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,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 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,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1896 - 338 pagina’s
...the propagator of the stock of honour, or the root of it, as he thought proper. 15 Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...who, in all the points in which personal merit can be 20 viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honour, in generosity, in humanity, in... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1898 - 142 pagina’s
...proper. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of 1 At si non aliam venture fata Neroni, etc. succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity...be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor, in 5 generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal accomplishment,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 544 pagina’s
...I received their free, unbiased, and public thanks. BURKE'S TRIBUTE TO HIS SON. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...a family. I should have left a son who — in all points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1901 - 1022 pagina’s
...be the propagator of the stock of honor, 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 honor, in generosity, in humanity, in every liberal sentiment and every liberal accomplishment,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1902 - 474 pagina’s
...VIII. and others. He then refers pathetically to the death of his only son, Richard. Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should...a family. I should have left a son who — in all points in which personal merit can be viewed, in science, in erudition, in genius, in taste, in honor,... | |
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Had it pleased God to continue to me the hopes of succession, I should have been, according to my mediocrity, and the mediocrity of the age I live in, a sort of founder of... 
