 I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion of the abilities of Irishmen in the English House of Commons, owing perhaps to the reflection both on the speaker and auditor, that the Attorney-General of England,...  Revolutionary Ireland and Its Settlement - Page 342by Robert Henry Murray - 1911 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Catholic literature - 1875 - 1090 pages
...of the scene), Mr. Grattan, Serjeant Burgh, and others, he says : " I heard many eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...abilities of Irishmen in the English House of Commons." Young's opinion of the musical talent of Dublin would be apt also to excite the ire of its present... | |
 | 1886 - 926 pages
...Burke among them) ; and this he attributes to the feeling discouraging to both hearer and speaker, that " the Attorney-General of England, with a dash of his pen, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away with the matured result of all the eloquence and all the abilities... | |
 | Arthur Young - Agriculture - 1887 - 206 pages
...prime Serjeant Burgh, are reckoned high among the Irish orators. I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...Attorney-General of England, with a dash of his pen, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away the matured result, of all the eloquence, and all the abilities... | |
 | Arthur Young - Agriculture - 1892 - 536 pages
...Prime Sergeant Burgh, are reckoned high among the Irish orators.1 I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...reflection both on the speaker and auditor, that the Attorney General of England, with a dash of his pen, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away the matured... | |
 | Edward Porritt - 1903 - 610 pages
...Commons, and was comparing the Commons in Dublin with the Commons at Westminster. "I heard many very eloquent speeches," he wrote, "but I cannot say they...the eloquence and all the abilities of this whole assembly5." While in Dublin and in London a bill could be altered in a Limited score of places and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1904 - 510 pages
...prime sergeant Burgh are reckoned high among the Irish orators. I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...Attorney-General of England, with a dash of his pen, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away the matured result of all the eloquence and all the abilities of... | |
 | Edward Porritt - 1909 - 606 pages
...Commons, and was comparing the Commons in Dublin with the Commons at Westminster. "I heard many very eloquent speeches," he wrote, "but I cannot say they...eloquence and all the abilities of this whole assembly'." While in Dublin and in London a bill could be altered in a Limited score of places and hacked out of... | |
 | Arthur Young - Ireland - 1925 - 286 pages
...Prime Serjeant Burgh12, are reckoned high among the Irish orators. I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...Attorney-General of England, : with a dash of his pen13, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away the matured result of all the eloquence and all the... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1983 - 286 pages
...Prime Serjeant Burgh12, are reckoned high among the Irish orators. I heard many very eloquent speeches, but I cannot say they struck me like the exertion...the Attorney-General of England, with a dash of his pen13, can reverse, alter, or entirely do away the matured result of all the eloquence and all the... | |
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