...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of a<|mirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of com-. inanil, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness next to the fog of this awful day, loured...

...he held for twelve years. Burke describes him as ' a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...and with a mind most perfectly disinterested ': but adds ' it would be only to degrade myself by a weak adulation and not to honour the memory of a great...

...of course necessary. $ Letter to a Noble Lord. Vol. 2, p. 196. by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted...vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness next to the fog of this awful day, lowered over the whole region. For a little time...

...mean to speak disrespectfully of lord North. He was a man of admirable parts; of general knowledge; of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...vigilance and spirit of command, that the time required. Indeed, a darkness, next to the fog of this awful day, loured over the whole region. For a little time...

...companions in the Kingdom' and by Edmund Burke as 'a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...temper, and with a mind most perfectly disinterested'. He was an astute manager of the House of Commons and a shrewd leader of a coalition whose members were...

...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command...

...mean to speak disrespectfully of Lord North. He was a man of admirable parts, of general knowledge, of a versatile understanding fitted for every sort...to degrade myself by a weak adulation, and not to honor the memory of a great man, to deny that he wanted something of the vigilance and spirit of command...

...was,' says his great political opponent, Burke, ' a man of admirable parts ; of general knowledge ; of a versatile understanding, fitted for every sort...infinite wit and pleasantry ; of a delightful temper, with a mind most disinterested.' To this eulogium of Burke, on one whom he does not hesitate to call...