 | 1811 - 546 pages
...continued Mr Burke, " no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language. " These were his exact words. Of Mrs Anne Pitt he said, that she had the most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pages
...continued Mr Burke, " no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language. " These were his exact words. Of Mrs Anne Pitt he said, that she had the most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...continued Mr. Burke, ' no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language.' These were his exact words. Of Mrs. Ann Pitt he said, that she had the most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all... | |
 | Francis Hardy - 1812 - 492 pages
...continued Mr. Burke, "no matter how that was said; but wh ever relishes, and reads Spenser, as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English...most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all comparison, the most perfectly eloquent person he ever heard speak.* He always, as he sajd, lamented... | |
 | Francis Hardy - 1812 - 490 pages
...continued Mr. Burke, " no matter how that was said; but wh ever relishes^ and reads Spenser, as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English...most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all comparison, the most perfectly eloquent person he erer heard speak.* He always, as he said, lamented... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 pages
...continued Mr. Burke, ' no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language.' These were his exact words. Of Mrs. Ann Pitt he said, that she had the most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...added Mr. Burke, in mentioning the circumstance, " but whoever relishes and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language." Hume, whom he first met at the table of Garrick, was another acquaintance ; and the historian found... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1825 - 854 pages
...Mr. Burke, " no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser, as he oughttobe read, will have; a strong hold of the English language." These were his exact words. Many passages and phrases, from his own works, abundantly testify, that he had himself carefully read that great... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...added Mr. Burke, in mentioning the circumstance, "but whoever relishes and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language." Of his acquaintance with Warburton, which was but slight, he gave the following account in conversation... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 pages
...continued Mr. Burke, 'no matter how that was said ; but whoever relishes, and reads Spenser as he ought to be read, will have a strong hold of the English language.' These were his exact words. Of Mrs. Anne Pitt he said, that she had the most agreeable and uncommon talents, and was, beyond all... | |
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... concerning him, and his family, stated, that his sister, Mrs. Anne Pitt, used often in her altercations with him to say, " That he knew nothing whatever, except Spenser's Fairy Queen." " And," continued Mr. Burke, " no matter how that was said; but... 
