 ... intemperate minds. I may be, and I fear I am, with you in that description : but pray, my Lord, recollect, that very few of the causes, which make men intemperate, can operate upon me. Sanguine hopes, vehement desires, inordinate ambition, implacable...  The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Page 7by Edmund Burke - 2008 - 464 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1812 - 508 pages
...vehement desires, inordinate ambition, implacable animosity, party-attachments, or party-interests; — all these with me have no existence. For myself, or...to the King, and to the present Ministry. Perhaps Perhaps you may think that my animosity to Opposition is the cause of my dissent, on seeing the poKtkks... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1813 - 600 pages
...may be, and I fear I am with you in that description : but pray, my lord, recollect, that very few of the causes, which make men intemperate, can operate...to the king, and to the present ministry. Perhaps yon may think, that my animosity to opposition is the cause of my dissent, on seeing the politics of... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...and cheerless existence in this world." In a letter to Lord Auckland, he says, " For myself or for my family (alas ! I have none) I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." The Letter to a noble Lord speaks of " the sorrows of a desolate old man." And again, " The storm has... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1826 - 676 pages
...may be, and I fear I am with you in that description : but pray, my lord, recollect, that very few of the causes, which make men intemperate, can operate...opposition is the cause of my dissent, on seeing the politicks of Mr. Fox, (which, while I was in the world, I combated by every instrument, which God had... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 444 pages
...etc. Good nights to you — / never can have any." Again, " For myself, or for my family, (a/as .' I have none,) I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." " The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oats which the late hurricane has scattered... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1826 - 446 pages
...etc. Good nights to you — I never can have am/." Again, " For myself, or for my family, (a/as.' / have none,) I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." " The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 662 pages
...be, and I fear I am, with you in that description : but pray, my Lord, recollect, that very few of ate. politicks of Mr. Fox (which, while I was in the world, I combated by every instrument which God had... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...operate upon me. Sanguine hopes, vehement desires, inordinate ambition, implacable animosity, partv attachments, or party interests ; — all these with...animosity to Opposition is the cause of my dissent, on eeeiic the politicks of Mr. Fox (which, while I was in tbe world, I combated by every instrument which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 618 pages
...vehement desires, inordinate amhition, implacahle animosity, party attachments, or party interest ; all these with me have no existence. For myself, or...nothing to hope or to fear in this world. I am attached hy principle, inclination, and gratitude, to the king, and to the present ministry. Perhaps you may... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 660 pages
...be, and I fear I am, with you in that description : but pray, my Lord, recollect, that very few of the causes, which make men intemperate, can operate...Opposition is the cause of my dissent, on seeing the politicks of Mr. Fox (which, while I was in the world, I combated by every instrument which God had... | |
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