Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory NotesJ. R. Osgood, 1882 - 610 страници |
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... nature of that assembly : they grow like hounds , fond of the man who shows them game , and by whose halloo they are used to be encouraged . " Of the mass of mankind he had no high opinion . " The great 66 VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE . PAGE ...
... nature of that assembly : they grow like hounds , fond of the man who shows them game , and by whose halloo they are used to be encouraged . " Of the mass of mankind he had no high opinion . " The great 66 VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE . PAGE ...
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... natural majesty ) . To some one who spoke to Voltaire of Buf- fon's " Natural History , " " Not so natural , " rejoined the poet . His manner of writing , with his hands enclosed in lace ruffles , made les manchettes de Buffon a ...
... natural majesty ) . To some one who spoke to Voltaire of Buf- fon's " Natural History , " " Not so natural , " rejoined the poet . His manner of writing , with his hands enclosed in lace ruffles , made les manchettes de Buffon a ...
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... Natural Society , " anonymously , 1756 ; entered Parliament , 1766 ; Paymaster - general in the Rockingham ministry , 1782 ; retired 1783 ; died 1797. ] In that way I let myself down to you . In 1759 Burke was introduced to William ...
... Natural Society , " anonymously , 1756 ; entered Parliament , 1766 ; Paymaster - general in the Rockingham ministry , 1782 ; retired 1783 ; died 1797. ] In that way I let myself down to you . In 1759 Burke was introduced to William ...
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... natural and the moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon , like children we must cry on . " ( Speech on the ... nature should emerge before that reduction is completed , I have left it open for an address of either House of ...
... natural and the moral world . If we cry , like children , for the moon , like children we must cry on . " ( Speech on the ... nature should emerge before that reduction is completed , I have left it open for an address of either House of ...
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... nature under tribute . " 99 Dr. Johnson made the celebrated remark concerning him : " Burke , sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first time in the street , where you were stopped by a drove of oxen , and you stepped aside ...
... nature under tribute . " 99 Dr. Johnson made the celebrated remark concerning him : " Burke , sir , is such a man , that if you met him for the first time in the street , where you were stopped by a drove of oxen , and you stepped aside ...
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