The Life of Edmund BurkeG. Cawthorn; sold by Richardson, 1798 - 592 páginas |
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... manners and conversation , ibid . - Applies for the Logic pro- fessorship of Glasgow , 21. - Disappointment of early views often the means of advancement , 22. - Comes to London , 23 . Enters a member of the Temple , 23. - State of ...
... manners and conversation , ibid . - Applies for the Logic pro- fessorship of Glasgow , 21. - Disappointment of early views often the means of advancement , 22. - Comes to London , 23 . Enters a member of the Temple , 23. - State of ...
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... manners - opinion about Johnson coming into parliament , 146. - Discussion with Johnson . about the comparativé merits of Homer and Virgil , 147 . Burke's favourite authors and studies , 148 to 150 - His un favourable opinion of the ...
... manners - opinion about Johnson coming into parliament , 146. - Discussion with Johnson . about the comparativé merits of Homer and Virgil , 147 . Burke's favourite authors and studies , 148 to 150 - His un favourable opinion of the ...
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... manners , and conduct . The first quality of biography is authenti- city . A biographer and an historian , like any öther witness , is bound to speak , as far as he knows it , the truth , all the truth , and nothing but the truth ...
... manners , and conduct . The first quality of biography is authenti- city . A biographer and an historian , like any öther witness , is bound to speak , as far as he knows it , the truth , all the truth , and nothing but the truth ...
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... manners of a gentleman . His company was sought among the gay and fashionable , for his pleasing con- versation and deportment , as much as among the learned for the force and brilliancy of his genius , the extent and depth of his ...
... manners of a gentleman . His company was sought among the gay and fashionable , for his pleasing con- versation and deportment , as much as among the learned for the force and brilliancy of his genius , the extent and depth of his ...
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... manners . But though the object of regard and admira- tion in his native country , he did not see much chance of acquiring in it an independent situa- tion . Ireland , though often the mother of ge- nius , is rarely its nurse . Burke ...
... manners . But though the object of regard and admira- tion in his native country , he did not see much chance of acquiring in it an independent situa- tion . Ireland , though often the mother of ge- nius , is rarely its nurse . Burke ...
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