The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters who Have Appeared in Great Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Two Hundred Autographs ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - Agriculturists |
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... possessed of incomes depending on their own lives , to provide for their wives and families . I was partial to the establish- These regiments were so well regulated , by a peculiar system which I had adopted , and such attention was ...
... possessed of incomes depending on their own lives , to provide for their wives and families . I was partial to the establish- These regiments were so well regulated , by a peculiar system which I had adopted , and such attention was ...
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... possessed . By blending the two together , and taking a lit- tle from both , his real character may be justly estimated . His enemies accused him of intemperance in drinking , in which he occasionally indulged himself ; but he was not ...
... possessed . By blending the two together , and taking a lit- tle from both , his real character may be justly estimated . His enemies accused him of intemperance in drinking , in which he occasionally indulged himself ; but he was not ...
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... possessed of abilities too transcendent to be confined with- in so narrow , cold , and remote a country as Sweden , and that he was better qualified , than any monarch then existing , not only to govern a great empire , but to hold in ...
... possessed of abilities too transcendent to be confined with- in so narrow , cold , and remote a country as Sweden , and that he was better qualified , than any monarch then existing , not only to govern a great empire , but to hold in ...
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... possessed of very considerable talents . The letter which he wrote on the education of his son , was distinguished by good sense and ability , and would do credit to any author . Having the command of the French troops in the lower part ...
... possessed of very considerable talents . The letter which he wrote on the education of his son , was distinguished by good sense and ability , and would do credit to any author . Having the command of the French troops in the lower part ...
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... possessed of an independent fortune . 7. He should be capable of great bodily as well as men- tal exertion ; for the labour of regular attendance on parlia- mentary duty is too much for many constitutions . The number of committees he ...
... possessed of an independent fortune . 7. He should be capable of great bodily as well as men- tal exertion ; for the labour of regular attendance on parlia- mentary duty is too much for many constitutions . The number of committees he ...
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Page 63 - But it may be truly said, that men too much conversant in office, are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement. Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more important than the forms in which it is conducted.
Page 64 - Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Page 324 - ... it must be to do it accurately, in arranging and printing the originals of the Poems of Ossian, as they have come to my hands.
Page 421 - And opened new fountains in the human heart. Where fancy halted, weary in her flight, In other men, his, fresh as morning, rose, And soared untrodden heights, and seemed at home Where angels bashful looked. Others...
Page 418 - Bold and erect the Caledonian stood; Old was his mutton, and his claret good ; Let him drink port, the English statesman cried— He drank the poison, and his spirit died.
Page 373 - ... consequently, the decay of population is the greatest evil that a state can suffer ; and the improvement of it the object which ought, in all countries, to be aimed at in preference to every other political purpose whatsoever.
Page 422 - Nor do I of that isle remember aught Of prospect more sublime and beautiful, Than Scotia's northern battlement of hills, Which first I from my father's house beheld, At dawn of life ; beloved in memory still...
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Page 64 - ... to which they lead. When theoretical knowledge and practical skill are happily combined in the same person, the intellectual power of man appears in its full perfection, and fits him equally to conduct, with a masterly hand, the details of ordinary business, and to contend successfully with the ffi /u / * untried difficulties of new and hazardous situations.
Page 64 - Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more important than the forms in which it is conducted. These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and, therefore, persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out; when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind,...