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" All that he had ever heard - all that he had ever read - when compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapour before the sun. "
The Analectic Magazine...: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography ... - Page 343
1819
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Genius in Sunshine and Shadow

Maturin Murray Ballou - Literature - 1886 - 328 pages
...a time ; yet this was the man of whose famous speech in the House of Commons Burke said : " It was the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument,...united, of which there was any record or tradition." And of which Fox said, " All that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared with...
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Literary Workers: Or Pilgrims to the Temple of Honour

John George Hargreaves - Authors - 1889 - 374 pages
...individual from whom, a few years afterwards, proceeded, what Burke called ' the most astonishing burst of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there was any record or tradition.' And so all truly brave and resolute spirits have plodded on, undeterred by early failures, and undismayed...
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In a Club Corner: The Monologue of a Man who Might Have Been Sociable

Addison Peale Russell - American essays - 1890 - 342 pages
...astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit, united, of which there was any record or tradition." Fox said, "all that he had ever heard, all that he had...with it, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like vapor before the sun ;" and Pitt acknowledged "that it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient and modern...
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Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Lloyd Charles Sanders - 1890 - 206 pages
...offer. The opinion of highly competent judges fully endorsed that of the public. Burke declared it to be " the most astonishing effort of eloquence,...which there was any record or tradition." Mr. Fox said "all that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, dwindled into nothing, and vanished like...
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The Wits and Beaus of Society, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Great Britain - 1890 - 282 pages
...favour with, and says that the Opposition may be fairly charged with sorcery. Burke declared the speech to be ' the most astonishing effort of eloquence,...united, of which there was any record or tradition.' Fox affirmed that ' all he had ever heard, all he had ever read, when compared wkh it, dwindled into...
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In a Club Corner: The Monologue of a Man who Might Have Been Sociable

Addison Peale Russell - American essays - 1890 - 384 pages
...burst into tears." The impeach- speech on the impeachment of Warren Tfmtmfs. Hastings, Burke declared to be "the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument,...united, of which there was any record or tradition." Fox said, "all that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read, when compared with it, dwindled into...
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Songs, Poems, & Verses

Baroness Helen Selina Blackwood Dufferin and Clandeboye, Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - 1894 - 454 pages
...by Addington, with whom he agreed in opinion. — Diet. of English History. C Mr. Burke declared it to be "the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there is any record or tradition." Mr. Fox said : " All that he had ever heard, all that he had ever read,...
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Songs, Poems, & Verses

Baroness Helen Selina Blackwood Dufferin and Clandeboye, Frederick Temple Blackwood Marquis of Dufferin and Ava - 1894 - 460 pages
...effort of eloquence, argument, and wit united, of which there is any record or tradition." Mr. Fox said : " All that he had ever heard, all that he had...compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like a vapour before the sun." Mr. Pitt acknowledged that "it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient and...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 205

Literature - 1895 - 848 pages
...most astonishing effort of eloquence and argument of which there is any record or tradition." Mr. Fox said: "All that he had ever heard, all that he had...compared with it dwindled into nothing, and vanished like a vapor before the sun." Mr. Pitt acknowledged that it surpassed all the eloquence of ancient and modern...
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Sir Philip Sidney

John Addington Symonds - 1895 - 738 pages
...and irregular in the house, by loudly and repeatedly clapping with their hands. Mr. Burke declared it to be the most astonishing effort of eloquence, argument,...of which there was any record or tradition. Mr. Fox said, ' All that he had ever heard — all that he had ever read — when compared with it dwindled...
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