To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to…

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He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical...

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his...

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But...

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

Temple was a man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters...

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if...

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how...

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how...

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that...

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

He was a rake among scholars, and a scholar among rakes.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew...

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew...

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish,...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness...

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies,...