 ... are against me. I do not here stand before you accused of venality or of neglect of duty. It is not said, that, in the long period of my service, I have in a single instance sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition or to my fortune....  Recollections of Eminent Men: With Other Papers - Page 242by Edwin Percy Whipple - 1886 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1780 - 206 pages
...inftance, facrificed the fljghteft of your interefts to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alledged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my Own, or of my party, I have had a fiiare in wronging or oppreffingF any any defcription of men, or any one man in any defcription. No... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1783 - 408 pages
...in a fingle inftance, facrificed the ffighteft of your interefts to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a. fliare in wronging or oppreffing any one man in any " defcription. defcription. No ; the charges againft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English essays - 1785 - 442 pages
...have, in a fmgle inftance, facriliced the ftighted of your interefts to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger or revenge of my own, or of my party, 1 have had a Ihare in wrongielj or oppreffing any one man in any defcription. — •' No ; the charge... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...inftance, facrificed the ftighteft. of your interefts to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alledged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a mare in wronging or oppreffing any defcription of men, or any one man in any defcription. No! the charges... | |
 | Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 pages
...inftance, facrifked the flighteft of your interefts to my ambition or to my fortune. It is not alledged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a fhare in wronging or oppreffing any defcription of men, or any man in any defcription. No ! the charges... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 452 pages
...in a fingle inftance, facrificed the flighteft of your interefts to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a fhare in wronging or oppreffing any defcription of men, or any ope man ii; any defcription. No! the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 454 pages
...facrificed the flighteft of your interefts to •my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not allegfcd$'*hat to gratify any anger, or revenge of my own, or of my party, I have had a fhare in wrpngjng or oppreffing any defcription of men, or any one man in any defcription. No! the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1803 - 332 pages
...interests to my ambition or to my fortune. " It is .not alleged, that to gratify any anger or re" venge of my own, or of my party, I have had a " share in wronging or oppressing any one man in " any description.—No ; the charges against me are M all of one kind, that I have pushed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge...against me, are all of one kind, that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far ; further than a cautious policy would warrant... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...in a single instance, sacrificed the slightest of your interests to my ambition, or to my fortune. It is not alleged, that to gratify any anger, or revenge...against me, are all of one kind, that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far ; further than a cautious policy would warrant... | |
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