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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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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of ..., Volume 7

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1875 - 558 pages
...library to the office. I c.nx never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious oratoi, Mr. Burke, was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those wlio.sc existence he proscribed." — Miscell. Works, vol.-ip 156. reason to apprehend that the whole...
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...then a member of Parliament, and a staunch Tory, afterwards wrote as follows : '* Never can. I forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator, Mr. Burke, was heard, and even by those whoso existence he proseribed." I must also quote a passage from Macknight's Life...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Esq

Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 pages
...leaders of opposition with whom I had lived in habits of intimacy ; f and I was most * I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...proscribed. ( See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, pp. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the two thousand...
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Masters in History: Gibbon, Grote, Macaulay, Motley

Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 pages
...under the lash of Burke, and Gibbon in a footnote to his " Memoirs," says, " he never could forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...and even by those whose existence he proscribed." The orator pronounced sentence of death on the Board in the following terms : " This board, sir, has...
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Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of ..., Volume 7

John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1880 - 556 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." — .Wisftll. Works, vol. ip 156. reason to apprehend that the whole metropolis would be laid in ashes....
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 3

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1882 - 594 pages
...Gibbon, whose sinecure place was swept away by the Economical Reform Bill of 1 782, bears testimony to the ' delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...and even by those whose existence he proscribed.' 2 Walpole has himself repeatedly noticed the effect which the speeches of Burke produced upon the hearers....
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Leaders of the senate: a biographical history of the rise and development of ...

Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 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 whose existence he proscribed." One of the chief objects of Burke in introducing this bill for economical reform was, without unduly...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 1040 pages
...defeat. The House of Commons • Œuvres de Beaumarchais, torn. iii. p. 299, 355. 1 I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...sides of the house, and even by those whose existence ho proscribed. (See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, p. 7Ü-80.) Tlio borda of Trade blushed...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon Written by Himself and a Selection from His Letters ...

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 448 pages
...whom I had lived in habits of 1 CEuvres de Beaumarchais, tom. iii. pp. 299, 355. - I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...proscribed. (See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, pp. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the two thousand...
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Written by Himself, and a Selection from His Letters

Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 pages
...whom I had lived in habits of 1 CEuvres de Beaumarchais, tom. iii. pp. 299, 355. - I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious...proscribed. (See Mr. Burke's speech on the Bill of Reform, pp. 72-80.) The Lords of Trade blushed at their insignificancy, and Mr. Eden's appeal to the two thousand...
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