The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speechesHenry Vizetelly, 1852 - 226 pages |
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... evil as bodily pain , or as severe poverty : as if I could not be as great a tyrant by saying , You shall not enjoy - as by saying , You shall suffer . The English , I believe , are as truly religious as any nation in Europe ; I know no ...
... evil as bodily pain , or as severe poverty : as if I could not be as great a tyrant by saying , You shall not enjoy - as by saying , You shall suffer . The English , I believe , are as truly religious as any nation in Europe ; I know no ...
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... evil , to guard against a less , which is merely contingent , and may never happen . You may do what you have done a century ago in Ireland , made the Catholics worse than Helots , because you suspected that they might here- after ...
... evil , to guard against a less , which is merely contingent , and may never happen . You may do what you have done a century ago in Ireland , made the Catholics worse than Helots , because you suspected that they might here- after ...
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... evil may never happen . You have got hold , I perceive , of all the vulgar English stories respecting the hereditary transmission of forfeited pro- perty , and seriously believe that every Catholic beggar wears the terriers of his ...
... evil may never happen . You have got hold , I perceive , of all the vulgar English stories respecting the hereditary transmission of forfeited pro- perty , and seriously believe that every Catholic beggar wears the terriers of his ...
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... evil , upon which the future happiness or misery of every Englishman depends ? Have you a single ally in the whole world ? Is there a vulnerable point in the French em- pire where the astonishing resources of that people can be ...
... evil , upon which the future happiness or misery of every Englishman depends ? Have you a single ally in the whole world ? Is there a vulnerable point in the French em- pire where the astonishing resources of that people can be ...
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... evil : but are you secure from the efforts which the French may make to throw a body of troops into Ireland ? and do you consider that event to be difficult and improbable ? From Brest Harbour to Cape St. Vincent , you have above three ...
... evil : but are you secure from the efforts which the French may make to throw a body of troops into Ireland ? and do you consider that event to be difficult and improbable ? From Brest Harbour to Cape St. Vincent , you have above three ...
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Page 221 - I do not mean to be disrespectful ; but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion.
Page 221 - In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and...
Page x - Metropolis, and at ease in my circumstances ; in tolerable health, a mild Whig, a tolerating Churchman, and much given to talking, laughing, and noise. I dine with the rich in London, and physic the poor in the country ; passing from the sauces of Dives to the sores of Lazarus. I am, upon the whole, a happy man ; have found the world an entertaining world, and am thankful to Providence for the part allotted to me in it.
Page 21 - I have before said, the moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants and the fatuity of idiots.
Page 220 - As for the possibility of the House of Lords preventing ere long a reform of Parliament, I hold it to be the most absurd notion that ever entered into human imagination. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs.
Page 55 - ... understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey.
Page 221 - The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be at your ease — be quiet and steady. You will beat Mrs. Partington.
Page 204 - The matter of fact is, that a classical scholar of twenty-three or twenty-four is a man principally conversant with works of imagination. His feelings are quick, his fancy lively, and his taste good. Talents for speculation and original inquiry he has none, nor has he formed the invaluable habit of pushing things up to their first principles, or of collecting dry and unamusing facts as the materials for reasoning.
Page 41 - I am so enchanted with the ordinary English behaviour of these invaluable persons, that I earnestly pray no opportunity may be given them for Roman valour, and for those very un-Roman pensions, which they would all, of course, take especial care to claim in consequence.
Page 194 - My grandmother sent for the minister next day, and, upon pretence of a mad dog, got him to hang all his dogs. There was also difficulty of getting victuals to carry him without the servants suspecting; the only way it was done, was by stealing it off her plate at dinner into her lap. Many a diverting story she has told about this, and other things of the like nature.