 | John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 414 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman, who has been snatched from us...what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue." In strict conformity to the rules and regulations of this institution, I should now say something to... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 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...what shadows •We are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...who has been snatched from at the moment of the election, and Lin the middle of the contest, while his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us *^Mr. (Joombo what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1832 - 310 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been snatched from...us what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate, who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...us an awful lesson against being too rauch troubled about any of the objecte of ordinary ambition. his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice...of men living. These he does not derive from your It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been snatched from...us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 740 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman,* who has been snatched from...desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, Ims feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary amhition. h It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. ll It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
 | Harrow school - 1865 - 374 pages
...to us an awful lesson against being too much troubled about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman who has been snatched from us...us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue. It has been usual for a candidate who declines, to take his leave by a letter to the sheriffs ; but... | |
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Gentlemen, the melancholy event of yesterday reads to us an 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 of the election, and in the middle... 
