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... passage contains the germ of Burke's general reasoning on politics : - ' Sir , it is not common sense , but downright madness , to follow general principles in this wild manner , without limitation or reserve ; and give me leave to say ...
... passage contains the germ of Burke's general reasoning on politics : - ' Sir , it is not common sense , but downright madness , to follow general principles in this wild manner , without limitation or reserve ; and give me leave to say ...
Página xxxiii
... passage in Boswell's Life of Johnson1 , which contains the opinion of the great critic on this point in 1773. Being asked what was the particular ex- cellence of Burke's eloquence , Johnson says , ' Copiousness and fertility of allusion ...
... passage in Boswell's Life of Johnson1 , which contains the opinion of the great critic on this point in 1773. Being asked what was the particular ex- cellence of Burke's eloquence , Johnson says , ' Copiousness and fertility of allusion ...
Página xxxv
... passage in the former which Lord Grenville thought the finest that Burke ever wrote - perhaps the finest in the English language - beginning , ' What , gracious Sovereign , is the empire of America to us , or the empire of the world ...
... passage in the former which Lord Grenville thought the finest that Burke ever wrote - perhaps the finest in the English language - beginning , ' What , gracious Sovereign , is the empire of America to us , or the empire of the world ...
Página xxxvii
... passages is not to be recommended . ' If dwelt on exclusively as models of style , ' says Dr. Goodrich , ' they are sure to vitiate the taste . It is like taking all our nutriment from highly seasoned food and stimulating drinks1 ...
... passages is not to be recommended . ' If dwelt on exclusively as models of style , ' says Dr. Goodrich , ' they are sure to vitiate the taste . It is like taking all our nutriment from highly seasoned food and stimulating drinks1 ...
Página xxxviii
... passage in one of his earliest works ( The ' Sublime and Beautiful ' ) , beginning , ' In the morning of our days , when 1 I ask pardon for my blots ( i . e . erasures and corrections ) . It is not proper , I am sensible , to send you a ...
... passage in one of his earliest works ( The ' Sublime and Beautiful ' ) , beginning , ' In the morning of our days , when 1 I ask pardon for my blots ( i . e . erasures and corrections ) . It is not proper , I am sensible , to send you a ...
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