The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke (volume 8)

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1870. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... your eye.--Mrs. Burke, thank God, is better of her cold: She salutes you. Deab Sib, I have suppressed the newspapers--He knows nothing of this disagreeable business; but I am in hopes, from Dr. King's letter to me, that an injunction will be laid early tomorrow, to prevent the sale, and that you all will pursue such rigorous measures against Swift and Owen, as the law will enable you to do. I had a letter by the coach, informing me of it. Will you beg of Doctor King to write to Mr. Burke to-morrow, and tell him what he has done in Rivington's business. Tours truly, E. Nagle. TO DE. LATTEENCE. My Deab Laubence, March 16th, 1797. It is very unlucky that the reputation of a speaker in the House of Commons depends far less on what he says there, than on the account of it in the newspapers. Your speeches, which are made late in the night, supposing no foul play (which however I suspect), are taken by the journeymen note-makers, and when there is not room for them in the paper, even if they were able to follow you. In the late instance, however, this was unavoidable, since you spoke to vindicate the reputation of your friend, which no consideration of prudence with regard to yourself could prevail on you to omit. As you stated [it] in your letter, it must have been very impressive, and as honourable to your abilities as it was to the goodness of your heart. As to Mr. Fox's speeches, he seemed to have laid [aside] his abilities along with all decency, liberality, and fairness; and placed himself in the rank of the Adairs, the Bastards, and those gentlemen whose cause he supported, and to whose understandings, by an extraordinary alacrity in sinking, he chose to level himself. What he said of me was nothing more than his old song, frequently sung, though with a little...