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Robert Hall. (1764–1831) 4832 His [Burke’s] imperial fancy has laid all Nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation and every walk of art. Apology for the Freedom of the Press. 4833 He [Kippis] might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he laid so many books upon his head that his brains could not move. Gregory’s Life of Hall. 4834 Call things by their right names…. Glass of brandy and water! That is the current but not the appropriate name: ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. 1 Gregory’s Life of Hall. Thomas Morton. (1764–1838) 4835 What will Mrs. Grundy say? Speed the Plough. Act i. Sc. 1. 4836 Push on,—keep moving. A Cure for the Heartache. Act ii. Sc. 1. 4837 Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed. A Cure for the Heartache. Act v. Sc. 2. Sir James Mackintosh. (1765–1832) 4838 Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself. Vindiciæ Gallicæ. 4839 The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity. Vindiciæ Gallicæ. 4840 Disciplined inaction. Causes of the Revolution of 1688. Chap. vii. 4841 The frivolous work of polished idleness. Dissertation on Ethical Philosophy. Remarks on Thomas Brown.
