| Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...its views to Parliamentary Reform, said, " Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night ; let them peruse it again and again,...representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." Lord Erskine also, in a recent speech at Edinburgh, touching on the same theme, observed, "It... | |
| William Cobbett - 1829 - 936 pages
...— " Representation (not the unreal " mockery, but the efficient substance of Ke" presentation) is the sovereign remedy for " • every disorder, the...infallible security against " popular discontent." The motion was seconded by Mr. O'NEIL j Mr. BBNNKTT, of Wiltshire, and Mr. HUMB spoke shortly in favour... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...illustrations of his fancy. Mr. Fox said of it, " Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night ; let them peruse it again and again,...representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." The eloquent warnings of Burke, however, were poured forth in vain. The infatuated ministry... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...illustrations of his fancy. Mr. Fox said of it, '' Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night ; let them peruse it again and again,...minds, impress it on their hearts — they would there leam that representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." The eloquent warnings of Burke,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pages
...illustrations of his fancy. Mr. Fox said of it, " Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon ns. evil." The eloquent warnings of Burke, however, were poured forth in vain. The infatuated ministry... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...its views to Parliamentary Reform, said, " Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night ; let them peruse it again and again,...representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." Lord Erskine, also, in a recent speech at Edinburgh, touching on the same theme, observed, "It... | |
| Irishman - 1844 - 254 pages
...twenty years after, said of it, in the house, " Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night ; let them peruse it again and again,...imprint it on their minds, impress it on their hearts." Now that the question is settled, and that time has approved the policy of Mr Burke, praise of no mean... | |
| Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pages
...illustrations of his fancy. Mr. Fox said of it, "Let gentlemen read this speech by day, and meditate upon it by night; let them peruse it again and again, study...representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." Burke's eloquent warnings, however, poured forth in vain. The infatuated ministry had no ear... | |
| William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - 504 pages
...Fox. — ' Representation (not the unreal mockery, but the efficient substance of representation) is the sovereign remedy for every disorder, the infallible security against popular discontent.' " The motion was seconded by Mr. O'Neil, one of the most vehement advocates of Protestant ascendancy,... | |
| John Frost - 1847 - 602 pages
...speech may be learned from the language of Mr. Fox respecting it. "Let gentlemen," he said, " read this speech by day, and meditate on it by night ; let them...their minds, impress it on their hearts. They would then learn that representation was the sovereign remedy for every evil." Dr. Franklin, who was then... | |
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