 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 516 pages
...reader a fair idea of his style and method of debating.* He opened by saying, that " among the Romans, the Temple of Fame was placed behind the Temple of Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the Temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But," he continued, "if this bill be passed into a law,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 514 pages
...reader a fair idea of his style and method of debating.* He opened by saying, thut " among the Rornans, the Temple of Fame was placed behind the Temple of Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the Temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But," he continued, "if this bill be passed into a law,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1880 - 1246 pages
...thing before him." The exordium_of his speech is remarkaLh : '; Among the Romans, the wisest peo| le upon earth, the Temple of Fame was placed behind the...Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the Temple of Fame, but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pages
...had ever yet been delivered in the House." In opening his speech Walpole said : " Among the Romans the Temple of Fame was placed behind the Temple of Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most powerful... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1881 - 564 pages
...had ever yet been delivered in the House." In opening his speech Walpolo said : " Among the Romans the Temple of Fame was placed behind the Temple of Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most powerful... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - 1881 - 180 pages
...chiefly through Walpole's exertions. " Among the Romans," so Walpole began his speech against the bill, " the temple of fame was placed behind the temple of virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of fame but through that of virtue. But, if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 pages
...down everything before him." The exordium of his speech is remarkable. " Among the Romans, the wisest people upon earth, the temple of fame was placed behind...virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of fame, but through that of virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884 - 668 pages
...upon ourselves." Walpole began his speech with a charming illustration: "Among the Eomans," said he, " the Temple of Fame was placed behind the Temple of Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the Temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law one of the most powerful... | |
 | Evan Rowland Jones, Joseph Cowen - 1885 - 574 pages
...the gathering darkness that portentous oracles and gloomy pessimists assure us is impending. In Rome, the temple of fame was placed behind the temple of virtue, to denote that there was no entering one without going through the other. Let us act upon the moral conveyed in this classic image.... | |
 | James Mackinnon - 1896 - 556 pages
...1719-1720, in a speech of extraordinary eloquence and spirit. " Among the Romans," he cried, "the wisest people upon earth, the temple of Fame was placed behind...Virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of Fame but through that of Virtue. But if this bill is passed into a law, one of the most powerful... | |
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The exordium of his speech is remarkable. " Among the Romans, the wisest people upon earth, the temple of fame was placed behind the temple of virtue, to denote that there was no coming to the temple of fame, but through that of virtue. But if this bill... 
