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" I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator, Mr. Burke, was heard by all sides of the house, and even by those whose existence he proscribed. "
The Auto-biography of Edward Gibbon, Esq: Illustrated from His Letters, with ... - Page 205
by Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 381 pages
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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 734 pages
...I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator, Mr. Burke, *as beard by all sides of the House, and even by those whose existence he prescribed." — MiuelL Workt, vol. ip 156. CXLVH on tl"s occas'on, but they were probably nearly the...
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The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 742 pages
...can never forget the delight with \vhich that diffusive and ingenious orator, Mr. Burke, "« beard by all sides of the House, and even by those whose existence lie proscribed."— MiicdL Works, vol. ip 156. on tn ' 8 occas ' on > but they were probably nearly...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 pages
...days and weeks of repose without being called away from my library to the office. I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...and even by those whose existence he proscribed." — Miscell. Works, vol. ip 156. great reason to apprehend that the whole metropolis would be laid...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...defeat. The House of Commons ' (Euvres de Beaumarchais, torn. iii. p. 299, 355. 1 I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...(See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, p. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the two thousand...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 468 pages
...defeat. The House of Commons • CEuvres de Beimmarchais, tom. iii. p. 299, 355. ' I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...(See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, p. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Edeu's appeal to the two thousand...
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Life of ... Edmund Burke, revised by the author

sir James Prior - 1854 - 586 pages
...supported by numbers. Never can I forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those (Gibbon himself, as a member of the Board of Trade, was one of them) whose existence he proscribed....
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The history of England, by D. Hume, continued by T. Smollett, and to the ...

David Hume - 1859 - 228 pages
...he brought it forward. After delivering an eloquent speech, which Gibbon says was heard with delight by all sides of the house, and even by those whose existence he proscribed, ho detailed his scheme. This consisted of five bills, comprising the sale of forest-lands ; the abolition...
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Anecdote Biography

John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...supported by numbers. Never can I forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those, (Gibbon himself, as a member of the Board of Trade, was one of them,) whose existence he proscribed....
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon, William Smith - 1862 - 466 pages
...even by those whose existence he proscribed. (See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, p. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the two thousand five hundred volumes of our Reports served only to excite a general laugh. I take this...
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The Autobiography and Correspondence of Edward Gibbon, the Historian

Edward Gibbon - 1869 - 462 pages
...; but the unfortunate Board of Trade was abolished in the committee by a small * I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...house, and even by those whose existence he proscribed. (Speech on the Bill of Reform, p. 72—80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and...
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