 Those Iron Barons (for so I may call them when compared with the Silken Barons of modern days), were the Guardians of the People; yet their virtues, my Lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present. A breach has been made in...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4471838Full view - About this book
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1792 - 458 pages
...Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our anceftors. Thofe Iron Barons, (forfo I may call them, when compared with the Silken Barons...of modern days), were the Guardians of the People ; yet their virtues, my Lords, were never engaged in a question of fuch importance as the prefent.... | |
 | John Almon - Great Britain - 1793 - 542 pages
...us not, then, degenerate * from the glorious example of our anceftors. * Thofe. Iron Barons (for fo I may call them « when compared with the Silken Barons...of modern days), were the Guardians of 'the People; yet their virtues, my Lords, * were never engaged in a queftion of fuch ' importance as the prefent.... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 440 pages
...Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our anceftors. Thofe Iron Barons (for fo I may call them when compared with the Silken Barons...of modern days), were the Guardians of the People; yet their virtues, my Lords, were never engaged in a queftion of fuch importance as the prefent. A... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...are worth all the classicks. Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those iron barons (for so I may call them when compared...barons of modern days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present.... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...are worth all the classicks. Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those iron barons (for so I may call them when compared...barons of modern days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1809 - 608 pages
...worth all the classics. — Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those iron barons (for so I may call them, when compared with the silken barons of modem days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 380 pages
...are worth all the classics. Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those Iron Barons (for so I may call them when compared...of modern days), were the Guardians of the People; yet their virtues, my Lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present. A... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Orators - 1810 - 612 pages
...•worth all the classics.—Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those iron barons (for so I may call them, when compared...barons of modern days) were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present.... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 378 pages
...are worth all the classics. Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious example of our ancestors. Those Iron Barons (for so I may call them when compared...of modern days), were the Guardians of the People; yet their virtues, my Lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present. A... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 726 pages
...worth all the classics. Let us not, then, degenerate from the glorious exam* pie of our ancestors. Those Iron Barons (for so I may call them when compared...of modern days), were the guardians of the people ; yet their virtues, my lords, were never engaged in a question of such importance as the present.... | |
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