Description of the banquet given in honour of ... sir Robert Peel ... on his election as lord rector of the University of Glasgow [by J.Cleland.].1837 - 40 páginas |
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Address advocate Alexander Anderson Anderston Andrew applause Archibald Argyle street Bart Bath street Blythswood Blythswood square Brandon place British Constitution Brown Buchanan street Campbell Candleriggs Captain Carlton place Chairman Charles Church of Scotland Committee Conservative continued cheering Councillor Dalglish David Deputation Douglas Duncan duty Edinburgh election eminent Enoch square Exchange square feel Gentlemen George street Glasgow Steward Glassford street Graham Greenock Hall Hamilton Henry Honourable Sir Robert House of Lords Hugh Hutcheson street Ingram street institutions Ireland James John Johnston Kilmarnock Lanark liberty Lord Rector Loud and continued Loud cheers Macfarlane Miller street Ministers Monteith Montrose street Paisley Parliament Paterson place Steward political present principles Protestant Queen street reform religion religious Reporter Glasgow Right Honourable Baronet Right Honourable Sir Robertson Scott Sir Robert Peel Stirling street Steward Thomas toast Trongate University of Glasgow Vincent street Virginia street W. S. Edinburgh William
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Página 10 - I know not what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay
Página 11 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 11 - say that you can command success without difficulty. No. Difficulty, is the condition of success. " Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. ' Pater ipse colendi haud facilem esse viam
Página 67 - If ever the free institutions of America are destroyed, that event may be attributed to the unlimited authority of the majority, which may at some future time urge the minorities to desperation, and oblige them to have recourse to physical force. Anarchy will then be the result, but it will have been brought about by despotism.
Página 67 - I know no country in which there is so little true independence of mind, and freedom of discussion, as in America. In America the majority raises very formidable barriers to the liberty of opinion. Within these barriers an author may write whatever he pleases, but he will repent it if he ever step beyond them.
Página 14 - 1 can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind, as I first approached and entered the immortal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or
Página 14 - city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum ; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Cœsar fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost
Página 92 - presence of their Sovereign to forget their hereditary feuds and animosities. In the beautiful language of Dryden— " Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took ; Friends to congratulate their friends, would
Página 14 - fell, was at once present to my eye ; and several days of intoxication were lost or enjoyed, before I could descend to a cool and minute investigation.
Página 16 - wish I could take as much delight in reading as you do; it would be the means of relieving many tedious hours in my present life, but to my misfortune I derive no pleasure from such disquisitions.'