Memoir of the life and character of ... Edmund Burke; with specimens of his poetry and letters1824 |
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... " " Cottage Biography ; " Cottage Dialogues ; " the latter work introduced to the world under the warm sanction of Miss Edgeworth , and with the others , imparting the most faithful views we possess of the interior of an 6 LIFE OF THE.
... " " Cottage Biography ; " Cottage Dialogues ; " the latter work introduced to the world under the warm sanction of Miss Edgeworth , and with the others , imparting the most faithful views we possess of the interior of an 6 LIFE OF THE.
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Sir James Prior. most faithful views we possess of the interior of an Irish cottage , and the manners of that peculiar , and in many respects original people . To this school Edmund , then in his 12th year , along with his brothers ...
Sir James Prior. most faithful views we possess of the interior of an Irish cottage , and the manners of that peculiar , and in many respects original people . To this school Edmund , then in his 12th year , along with his brothers ...
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... views soon changed ; for at the expiration of the usual time he was not called to the bar . Among his brother templers were a few old college acquaintance , who seemed to have come to the same determination ; for they were afterwards ...
... views soon changed ; for at the expiration of the usual time he was not called to the bar . Among his brother templers were a few old college acquaintance , who seemed to have come to the same determination ; for they were afterwards ...
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... views with great happiness . Johnson considered it a model of true philosophical criticism . Blair , who praises its originality and ingenuity , has pro- fited much by it in his remarks on sublimity and beauty , and in the theory of ...
... views with great happiness . Johnson considered it a model of true philosophical criticism . Blair , who praises its originality and ingenuity , has pro- fited much by it in his remarks on sublimity and beauty , and in the theory of ...
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... . Mr. Burke saw him frequently , examined and praised his picture , inquired into his views and future prospects , and , desirous to try his powers of mind , broached an argument upon a question of taste 82 LIFE OF THE.
... . Mr. Burke saw him frequently , examined and praised his picture , inquired into his views and future prospects , and , desirous to try his powers of mind , broached an argument upon a question of taste 82 LIFE OF THE.
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Страница 180 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Страница 168 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Страница 102 - I venture to say, it did so happen, that persons had a single office divided between them, who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves, they knew not how, pigging together, heads and points, in the same truckle-bed...
Страница 102 - ... a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic; such a tessellated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans; Whigs and Tories; treacherous friends and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Страница 445 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Страница 166 - When this child of ours wishes to assimilate to its parent, and to reflect with a true filial resemblance the beauteous countenance of British liberty, are we to turn to them the shameful parts of our constitution ? are we to give them our weakness for their strength, our opprobrium for their glory; and the slough of slavery, which we are not able to work off, to serve them for their freedom?
Страница 242 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe ;^not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the...
Страница 242 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt ; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Страница 204 - I think I know America. If I do not my ignorance is incurable, for I have spared no pains to understand it; and I do most solemnly assure those of my constituents who put any sort of confidence in my industry and integrity, that...
Страница 398 - ... the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue...