The letters of Peter Plymley, essays, and speechesHenry Vizetelly, 1852 - 226 pages |
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... tion oath ought to reject , at such a moment , every tendency to conciliation , and to bind Ireland for ever to the crown of France . I found in your letter the usual remark about fire , faggot , and bloody Mary . Are you aware , my ...
... tion oath ought to reject , at such a moment , every tendency to conciliation , and to bind Ireland for ever to the crown of France . I found in your letter the usual remark about fire , faggot , and bloody Mary . Are you aware , my ...
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... tion of the public money amounting to double that sum . senior Proctor of the University of Oxford , the head of a house , or the examining Chaplain to a Bishop , may believe these things can last ; but every man of the world , whose un ...
... tion of the public money amounting to double that sum . senior Proctor of the University of Oxford , the head of a house , or the examining Chaplain to a Bishop , may believe these things can last ; but every man of the world , whose un ...
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... tion , that you may perhaps be tolerably secure just at present from that 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 ...
... tion , that you may perhaps be tolerably secure just at present from that 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 ...
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... tion is the child of belief ; and that a desire to leave all men in the quiet and unpunished exercise of their own creed can only exist in the mind of an infidel ? Thank God ! I know many men whose principles are as firm as they are ...
... tion is the child of belief ; and that a desire to leave all men in the quiet and unpunished exercise of their own creed can only exist in the mind of an infidel ? Thank God ! I know many men whose principles are as firm as they are ...
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... tion among the Orangemen , I confess I should not much object my love of poetical justice does carry me as far as that ; one summer's whipping , only one : the thumb - screw for a short season ; a little light easy torturing between ...
... tion among the Orangemen , I confess I should not much object my love of poetical justice does carry me as far as that ; one summer's whipping , only one : the thumb - screw for a short season ; a little light easy torturing between ...
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Page 223 - 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 223 - 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 222 - 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 57 - ... 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 223 - 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 206 - 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 43 - 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 196 - 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.