 | 1809 - 530 oldal
...of that direful period, when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever to be lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...of lust, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. Instead of exhibiting the picture of an entire province, select a single object ; and even if that... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - 1804 - 408 oldal
...period, when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever to be lamented ABERCHOMBY,* our poor peo| le were surrendered to the licentious brutality of the...endeavouring to comprehend every thing, you would «onvey nothing. When the father of poetry wishes to pourtray the movements of contending armies, and... | |
 | John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - 1805 - 448 oldal
...foldiery, by the authority of theftate; you would vainly endeavour to give her a general picture of luft, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. By endeavouring...you would convey nothing. When the father of poetry wifhes to pourtray the movements of contending armies, and an embattled field, he exemplifies only,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 366 oldal
...of that direful period; when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever-to-be-lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...convey nothing. When the father of poetry wishes to pourtray the movements of contending armies, and an embattled field, he exemplifies only, he does not... | |
 | 1809 - 530 oldal
...of that direful period, when, in defiance ef the remonstrance of the ever to be lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...of lust, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. Instead of exhibiting the picture of an entire province, select a single object; and even if that single... | |
 | Stephen Barlow - 1814 - 552 oldal
...of that direful period when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever- to-be-lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...convey nothing. When the father of poetry wishes to pourtray the movements of contending armies, and an embattled field, he exemplifies only, he does not... | |
 | Stephen Barlow - 1814 - 556 oldal
...of that direful period when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever- to-be-lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...convey nothing. When the father of poetry wishes • to pourtray the movements of contending armies, and an embattled field, he exemplifies only, he does not... | |
 | 1818 - 826 oldal
...ever-to-be-lamented Abercrombie, oar people were surrendered to the licentious brutality of the soldier) , by the authority of the state -, you would vainly...picture of lust and rapine and murder and conflagration. Instead of exhibiting the picture of a whole province, select a single object, and even in that single... | |
 | 1818 - 860 oldal
...remoustance of tb« ever-to-be-lamented Abercrombie, our people were surrendered to the licentious brutxlitv of the soldiery, by the authority of the state; you would vainly endeavour to give her я general picture of lust and rapine and murder and conflagration. Instead of exhibiting the picture... | |
 | William Henry Curran - 1819 - 562 oldal
...that direful period,, when, in defiance of the remonstrance of the ever to be lamented Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious...convey nothing. When the father of poetry wishes to pourtray the movements of contending armies and an embattled field, he exemplifies only, he does not... | |
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Abercromby, our poor people were surrendered to the licentious brutality of the soldiery, by the authority of the state — you would vainly endeavour to give her a general picture of lust, and rapine, and murder, and conflagration. By endeavouring to... 
