In speaking upon this measure, Burke had laid down those sensible principles on the trade in corn, which he now in 1795 worked out in the _Thoughts and Details on Scarcity_.

Those who do not concern themselves with economics will perhaps be interested in the singular passage, vigorously objected to by Dugald Stewart, in which Burke sets up a genial defence of the consumption of ardent spirits.

It is interesting as an argument, and it is most characteristic of the author.
The curtain was now falling.

All who saw him felt that Burke's life was quickly drawing to a close.

His son's death had struck the final blow.