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Historical Memoirs of My Own Time, Part the Fort from 1772 to 1780, 2; Part the Second from January 1781 to March 1782, Part the Third from March 1782 to March 1781


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818. Excerpt: ... to Government. Never did any Man conceal deeper Views of every Kind, under the Appearance of careless Inattention to Selfinterest. In him was exemplified the Remark, that "Ars est celare Artem;" and the seeming Want of Caution or Artifice in his ordinary Intercourse, capacitated him for contending successfully with Men of more habitual Self-command. His Voice, strong, clear, and sonorous, enabled him to surmount the Noise of a popular Assembly, and almost to enforce Attention, at Moments of the greatest Clamor or Impatience. Far from shunning the Post of Danger, he always seemed to court it; and was never deterred from stepping forward to the Assistance of Ministers, by the Violence of Opposition, by the Unpopularity of the Measure to be.defended, or by the Difficulty of the Attempt. His Speeches, able, animated, and argumentative, were delivered without Hesitation, and unembarrassed by any Timidity. If they displayed no Ornaments of Style, and no Beauties of Composition, it was impossible to accuse them of any Deficiency in sterling Sense, or in solid Ability. He was indeed, without excepting Lord George Germain himself, the most powerful Auxiliary whom Lord North could boast of possessing in the Lower House. Though elevated in the Trammels of Scotch Jurisprudence, and long accustomed to plead at the Bar of that Country; his Mind, which disdained so confined a Sphere of Action, propelled him to try his Force on a greater Theatre. Animated by this Resolution, he quitted the Study of Law, for the Career of Politics; and in Defiance of every Impediment, abandoning the Court of Session, ventured to seek Fortune in an English House of Commons. Conscious of his own intellectual Superiority, and guided by a profound, but well-regulated Ambition, he already aspi...



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151054029
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 114
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115105402X
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 218 gr


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