The Life of Edmund BurkeG. Cawthorn; sold by Richardson, 1798 - 592 páginas |
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... excellence of biography are of an evanescent kind , and rarely transmitted by tradition : they are often lost , unless carefully collected during the life either of the subject or of his cotemporaries . It is great importance ...
... excellence of biography are of an evanescent kind , and rarely transmitted by tradition : they are often lost , unless carefully collected during the life either of the subject or of his cotemporaries . It is great importance ...
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... excellence ; whereas Johnson and Burke were as different from each other in the species and direction of their talents , as they were superior to most men in the de- grees of their mental powers . But though the members of the Turk's ...
... excellence ; whereas Johnson and Burke were as different from each other in the species and direction of their talents , as they were superior to most men in the de- grees of their mental powers . But though the members of the Turk's ...
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... excellence . He remarked , that whenever he was in company with Burke he went away more knowing and wiser than he came , and that every time they conversed , his mind was kept on the full stretch . The mem- bers of the club , and other ...
... excellence . He remarked , that whenever he was in company with Burke he went away more knowing and wiser than he came , and that every time they conversed , his mind was kept on the full stretch . The mem- bers of the club , and other ...
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... excellence , would have , for such company , continued an hour or two longer , even though not altogether con- formable to their usual practice , and the re- gulations of their family . To men of talents such company as Johnson and ...
... excellence , would have , for such company , continued an hour or two longer , even though not altogether con- formable to their usual practice , and the re- gulations of their family . To men of talents such company as Johnson and ...
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... excellence to Burke , would not allow that he possessed wit . From his speeches and writings , I trust I shall be able to shew many instances of wit , according to Johnson's definition of that term , which agrees with its received ...
... excellence to Burke , would not allow that he possessed wit . From his speeches and writings , I trust I shall be able to shew many instances of wit , according to Johnson's definition of that term , which agrees with its received ...
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