Speeches: With Memoir and Historical IntroductionsJames Duffy, 1862 - 456 страници |
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... means , and entered on the books of the Middle Temple the name of EDMUND BURKE . Thirty - seven years afterwards this man died . He had in the meantime won for himself a name which sheds lustre on his country and his age ; earned a ...
... means , and entered on the books of the Middle Temple the name of EDMUND BURKE . Thirty - seven years afterwards this man died . He had in the meantime won for himself a name which sheds lustre on his country and his age ; earned a ...
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... means of his father's present and the sale of the " Essay . " He now took his place as the acknowledged possessor of learning and talent . This period was the time from which his greatness dated . From this epoch in his life his fame ...
... means of his father's present and the sale of the " Essay . " He now took his place as the acknowledged possessor of learning and talent . This period was the time from which his greatness dated . From this epoch in his life his fame ...
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... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but yourselves . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous ...
... means of giving the profits of the trade of your colonies to every nation but yourselves . Never did a people suffer so much for the empty words of a preamble . It must be given up . For on what principle does it stand ? This famous ...
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... means which you confess , though they were obeyed , to be utterly insufficient for their purpose . You are there- fore at this moment in the awkward situation of fighting for a phan- tom ; a quiddity ; a thing that wants , not only a ...
... means which you confess , though they were obeyed , to be utterly insufficient for their purpose . You are there- fore at this moment in the awkward situation of fighting for a phan- tom ; a quiddity ; a thing that wants , not only a ...
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... means of attaining some useful end ; and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from the perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . The honourable gentlemen has said well ...
... means of attaining some useful end ; and then I am content to allow it what dignity you please . But what dignity is derived from the perseverance in absurdity is more than ever I could discern . The honourable gentlemen has said well ...
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