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" Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of determining ; — but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears... "
Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and ... - Page 657
by United States. Congress - 1831
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not assume the province of determining;...improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still...
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Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, earl of Chatham [by J ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 474 pages
...of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. ' Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not assume the province of determining:...contemptible, if the opportunities which .it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch...
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Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl ..., Volume 1

John Almon - 1810 - 470 pages
...of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. ' Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not assume the province of determining:...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...ignorant in spite of experience. Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, sir, assume the province of determining ;—but surely...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - 1812 - 752 pages
...ignorant in spite of experience. ' Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of determining ; but surely age...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...ignorant in spite of experience. Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, sir, assume the province of determining ;-—but surely...contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have past away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when fhe passions have subsided. The wretch...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of deter. mining ; but surely age may justly become contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appear to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch, who, after having seen the consequences...
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The American Preceptor Improved:: Being a New Selection of Lessons for ...

Caleb Bingham - 1820 - 226 pages
...in spite of experience. 2. Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, 1 will nut, sir, assume the province of determining; but surely age...improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. 3. 1 he wretch, who after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...satyr; and age, if we may be allowed to quote a splendid passage from the first Lord Chatham, becomes justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it...brings have passed away without improvement, and vice prevails when the passions have subsided. Much more is he to be abhorred who, as he has advanced in...
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The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence).

Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...of that numher who are ignorant in spite of experience. " Whether youth can he imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not assume the province of determining. But surely age may hecome justly contemptible, if the opportuniteis which it brings have passed away without improvement,...
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