 I may say without exaggeration, that never were so many words uttered without the least suspicion of exaggeration ; and that never was so much honour paid in any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Howard introduced, and an English House of Commons...  The Edinburgh Review - Page 2371836Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Authors, English - 1844 - 780 pages
...is naive. " Very truly, &c. " PS — Pray send the red tooth-powder by a tafe hand, and speedily. < any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Howard...the proposition of thus honouring the memory of a nun of thirty-eight, the son of a shopkeeper, who never filled an office, or had the power of obliging... | |
 | Speculative society of Edinburgh - Edinburgh - 1845 - 510 pages
...words uttered without the least suspicion of exaggeration — and that never was so much honour paid in any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Howard...man of thirty-eight, the son of a shop-keeper, who had never filled an office, or had the power of obliging a living creature, and whose grand title to... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Catholic emancipation - 1846 - 632 pages
...James Mackintosh said — The House honoured the memory of a man of thirty-eight, the son of a merchant who never filled an office or had the power of obliging a living creature, and whose grand title to distinction was the belief of his virtue — a fine lesson this and encouragement to mankind. — See... | |
 | Henry Grattan - Catholic emancipation - 1846 - 768 pages
...James Mackintosh said — The House honoured the memory of a man of thirty-eight, the son of a merchant who never filled an office or had the power of obliging a living creature, and whose grand title to distinction was the belief of his virtue — a fine lesson this and encouragement to mankind. — See... | |
 | Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland - Authors, English - 1855 - 510 pages
...honour paid in any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone : a man of thirty-eight, of obscure birth, who never filled an office, or had the power of obliging a single living creature, and whose grand title to this distinction from an English House of Commons... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 pages
...and confidence amidst the fears and doubts of that gloomy time. " Never was so much honour paid in any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Howard...to this distinction was the belief of his virtue. Howhonourable to the age and to the House ! A country where such sentiments prevail is not ripe for... | |
 | Sir Joseph Arnould - Judges - 1873 - 498 pages
...formal expression of regret, of which Mackintosh lias recorded that Never was so much honour paid in any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Howard...whose grand title to this distinction was the belief in his virtue.8 The next letter, written immediately after returning to London, conveys Denman's general... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1873 - 798 pages
...red tooth-poinior by a safe hand, and speedily.1 any age or nation to intrinsic claims alone. A Hiwt introduced, and an English House of Commons adopted,...the proposition of thus honouring the memory of A ma of thirty-eight, the son of a shopkeeper, who never Ul«t an office, or had the v°wer of obliging... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1878 - 680 pages
...which he was a member, a remarkable tribute to his merits. ' A Howard introduced,' wrote Mackintosh, ' and an English House of Commons adopted the proposition...thirty-eight, the son of a shop-keeper, who never filled any office, or had the power of obliging a living creature, and whose grand title to this distinction... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1878 - 704 pages
...which he was a member, a remarkable tribute to his merits. ' A Howard introduced,' wrote Mackintosh, ' and an English House of Commons adopted the proposition...thirty-eight, the son of a shop-keeper, who never fdled any office, or had the power of obliging a living creature, and whose grand title to this distinction... | |
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