 In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of every private society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit; and (where...  Peerage of England. ... - Page 475by Arthur Collins - 1812Full view - About this book
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 818 pages
...— American taxation; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and the charm of eveiy private society which he honoured with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country,... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...when he had ceased to adorn it, as it was said by Burke of Charles Townshend : " In truth, he was tho delight and ornament of this House, and the charm...country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit, and of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. If he had not so great a stock as some have... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 592 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, Sir, he was the delight and ornament of...House, and the charm of every private society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of... | |
 | 1865 - 516 pages
...Commons, when he had ceased to adorn it, as it was said by Burke of Charles Townshend : " In truth, ho was the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every private society which ho honoured with his presence. 1'orhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1868 - 640 pages
...carried off by a fever. Burke, in his celebrated speech upon American taxation, spoke of Townshend as " the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm...country, a man of a more pointed and finished wit, and, when his passions were not concerned, of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment." Troubridge,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of this house, and '.ne charm of every private society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme ; whom I cannot even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of...house, and the charm of every private society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 760 pages
...quarter of the heavens arose another luminary, and for his hour became lord of the ascendant. Townshend was the delight and ornament of this House, and the...arose in this country, nor in any country, a man of more pointed and finished wit, and of a more refined, exquisite, and penetrating judgment. He stated... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...reproducer of this fatal scheme, whom I can not even now remember without some degree of sensibility. In truth, sir, he was the delight and ornament of this House, and the charm of every society which he honored with his presence. Perhaps there never arose in this country, nor in any country,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1876 - 784 pages
...remained in office until his decease, on the 4th of September, 1707. Burke says of him, " In truth he was the delight and ornament of this house, and...private society which he honoured with his presence." Lord Shelburne, better known as Willinm Petty, Marquis of Lansdowne, was born in May, 1737. In 1 700... | |
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