 Parliament; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old, and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and make the country of their birth the seat of their...  The Quarterly Review - Page 148edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 322 pages
...had the arm of a Jupiter ; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament ; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Ireland - 1806 - 366 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted atjifty; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at borne,... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1812 - 678 pages
...had the arm of a Jupiter , he misjudged, when he transferred himself to the English parliament ; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty •. and his seat in the British parliament, is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home,... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Ireland - 1812 - 652 pages
...had ihe arm of a Jupiter ; he misjudged, when ho transferred himself to the English parliament j he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transp'.aated at fifty 5 and his scat in the British pirliaruent, i* a caution to the friends of union... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Ireland - 1813 - 540 pages
...arm of Jupiter. —He misjudged, when he transferred himself to the English Parliament : he forgot he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at 50. and his seat in the British Parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and... | |
 | Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 552 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament j he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at hornet and... | |
 | Stephen Barlow - Ireland - 1814 - 556 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter; he misjudged when he traosferred himself to the English parliament j he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty ; and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and... | |
 | England - 1851 - 786 pages
...described with the same graphic effect : — * " He had said of Flood ' that he forgot ih.it he was an oak of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty.' And yet here he was himself. Whether he would take root was the question, and for some moments Tery... | |
 | William Henry Curran - Lawyers - 1819 - 468 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter. He misjudged when he transferred himself to the English parliament; he forgot that he was a tree of the forest, too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty; and his fate in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home, and make... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...he had the arm of a Jupiter; he misjudged when he transferred himself to the .English parliament: he forgot that he was a tree of the forest too old and too great to be transplanted at fifty, and his seat in the British parliament is a caution to the friends of union to stay at home and make... | |
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