Edmund Burke as an IrishmanM. H. Gill and son, Limited, 1926 - 335 pages |
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Page 86 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 237 - His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow Melodious murmurs, warbling tune His praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ! Ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes His praise.
Page 130 - Whereby it is manifest that such as had the government of Ireland under the Crown of England did intend to make a perpetual separation and enmity between the English and the Irish...
Page 295 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 104 - Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...
Page 316 - Jacobinism which arises from penury and irritation, from scorned loyalty and rejected allegiance, has much deeper roots. They take their nourishment from the bottom of human nature, and the unalterable constitution of things, and not from humour and caprice, or the opinions of the day about privileges and liberties. These roots will be shot into the depths of hell, and will at last raise up their proud tops to heaven itself.
Page 189 - That a claim of any body of men, other than the King, Lords, and Commons of Ireland, to make laws to bind this kingdom is unconstitutional, illegal, and a grievance.
Page 222 - To look at the bill, in the abstract, it is neither more nor less than a renewed act Of UNIVERSAL, UNMITIGATED, INDISPENSABLE, EXCEPTIONLESS DISQUALIFICATION. One would imagine, that a billi inflicting such a multitude of incapacities, had followed on the heels of a conquest, made by a very fierce enemy, under the impression of recent animosity and resentment. No man...
Page 157 - I mean, when the legislature comes to be so much in its senses, as to feel that there is no good reason for condemning a million and a half of people to ignorance, according to act of parliament. This will be a better use of your money, than to bestow it in gratuities to any persons in England ; for those who will receive such rewards very rarely do any services to deserve them.
Page 162 - Majesty, that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin.