 | 1780 - 826 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 contefl, whillt his delires were as. warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what... | |
 | 1780 - 740 pages
...about any of the objects of ordinary ambition. The worthy gentleman [Mr Combe] who has been matched 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 a» ours, has feelingly told us, what... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1882 - 510 pages
...constitution of an accomplished and successful lawyer. Snatched from us in the middle of the conflict of life, whilst his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours; his untimely departure reminds us again, even as we are constantly reminded. ' that life's but a walking... | |
 | American essays - 1901 - 1048 pages
...us," said Burke, in the well-known passage upon the sudden death of his rival in the Bristol election, "has feelingly told us what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue." But the death of the foremost citizen of our republic has served rather to remind us of the enduring... | |
 | American essays - 1901 - 1122 pages
...us," said Burke, in the well-known passage upon the sudden death of his rival in the Bristol election, "has feelingly told us what shadows we are and what shadows we pursue." But the death of the foremost citizen of our republic ha» served rather to remind us of the enduring... | |
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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... 
