 | English literature - 1780 - 742 pages
...about •ny of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman [Mr Combe J who has been fnatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the conteft, whilft bis defiree were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1797 - 428 pages
...inatched from us at the moment of theelection, and in the middle of the conteft, whilft his defires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what fhadows we are, and what fhadows we purfue. '* It has been ufual for a candidate who declines, to take... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English essays - 1798 - 330 pages
...troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman, who has been fnatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the conteft, whiHt his defires were as Warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, -has feelingly told us, what... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...ihatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the conteft, whilft his defires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what fhadows we are, and what fhadows we purfue. It has been ufual for a candidate who declines, to take... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 454 pages
...troubled about -any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been fnatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the conteft, whilft his defires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...awful lesson against being too much troubled, about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been snatched from us at the moment...eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...awful lesson against being too much troubled, about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been snatched from us at the moment...eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman," continued the orator, " who has been snatched from us at the moment of the...eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue." Towards the close of his speech, Mr. BURKE observed, that it had... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1808 - 702 pages
...lesson against being toomuch troubled about any of the objectsof ordinary ami ition. The •worthy gentleman who has been snatched from us at the moment...his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as curt, has feelingly told us what shadows we are, and what shadows .we pursue." (Works, 8vo. iii. 43.V)... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 216 pages
...too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman, who has-been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and...as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows •We are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave... | |
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The worthy gentleman * who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, whilst his desires were as warm and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue. 
