The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 páginas |
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... possessed estates in the county of Limerick , the greater portion of which were lost in the civil commotions of the seventeenth century : the great grandfather of the statesman retired , in consequence , to the property he possessed in ...
... possessed estates in the county of Limerick , the greater portion of which were lost in the civil commotions of the seventeenth century : the great grandfather of the statesman retired , in consequence , to the property he possessed in ...
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... possession , devolved on his brother Edmund , by whom it was sold for 4000l . Richard , the third son , acquired reputation in the political circles of London as a barrister , a wit , and a writer . More will be related of him in the ...
... possession , devolved on his brother Edmund , by whom it was sold for 4000l . Richard , the third son , acquired reputation in the political circles of London as a barrister , a wit , and a writer . More will be related of him in the ...
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... possessions , —it was no wonder that at all times Burke found it easy to have whatever associates he liked ; and he always chose the best . While at college , Burke was a member of that excellent insti- tution of juvenile debate for the ...
... possessions , —it was no wonder that at all times Burke found it easy to have whatever associates he liked ; and he always chose the best . While at college , Burke was a member of that excellent insti- tution of juvenile debate for the ...
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... possession of a very rare faculty , that of writing at considerable length in a style totally unlike his own- of writing , not as a mere imitator might , but eloquently , naturally , and powerfully . Few authors at any time - none but ...
... possession of a very rare faculty , that of writing at considerable length in a style totally unlike his own- of writing , not as a mere imitator might , but eloquently , naturally , and powerfully . Few authors at any time - none but ...
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... possessed the same spirit and energy , who , in common with the greatest statesmen of England , could brook no humiliation from France , and who , at the aspect again of such a thing , found , like his father , relief in death . Lord ...
... possessed the same spirit and energy , who , in common with the greatest statesmen of England , could brook no humiliation from France , and who , at the aspect again of such a thing , found , like his father , relief in death . Lord ...
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