A Life of Edmund BurkeG. Bell & Sons, 1891 - 545 pages |
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Page xvii
... causes of his superiority , to treasure up his experience , to profit by what he experienced to be useful , to avoid what he found to be disadvantageous . The lesson becomes doubly instructive to that large class of society who are born ...
... causes of his superiority , to treasure up his experience , to profit by what he experienced to be useful , to avoid what he found to be disadvantageous . The lesson becomes doubly instructive to that large class of society who are born ...
Page xix
... cause of the dissenters and Roman Catholics ; and by zealots of various descriptions in affairs of less moment . Many reasons might be adduced why he was not always at the head of the party whose cause he chiefly espoused ; the chief of ...
... cause of the dissenters and Roman Catholics ; and by zealots of various descriptions in affairs of less moment . Many reasons might be adduced why he was not always at the head of the party whose cause he chiefly espoused ; the chief of ...
Page xx
... cause of parliamentary reform ; and more than one of the orators of civic assemblies in Loudon , amid other flying reproaches just as much founded in truth , repeated the accusation . At two or three county meetings held some time back ...
... cause of parliamentary reform ; and more than one of the orators of civic assemblies in Loudon , amid other flying reproaches just as much founded in truth , repeated the accusation . At two or three county meetings held some time back ...
Page xxiv
... Cause of the present Discontents 1773 . ** Idea of a Perfect Wife . Notes of a Speech on the Middlesex Election , · 1770 . Feb. 1771 . a Bill for explaining the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libel II II II M March 1771 . X X ...
... Cause of the present Discontents 1773 . ** Idea of a Perfect Wife . Notes of a Speech on the Middlesex Election , · 1770 . Feb. 1771 . a Bill for explaining the Powers of Juries in Prosecutions for Libel II II II M March 1771 . X X ...
Page xxx
... cause may have prevented its execution . A portrait , however , was painted by Romney , when or for whom is uncertain , of which possess a good engraving . It is unlike those of Sir Joshua , the countenance of marked character , and ...
... cause may have prevented its execution . A portrait , however , was painted by Romney , when or for whom is uncertain , of which possess a good engraving . It is unlike those of Sir Joshua , the countenance of marked character , and ...
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Page 494 - ... order ; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of- mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things, is requisite, than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.