The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke |
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... attention absorbed , and his mind enrapt in the scene beneath him : " Some of these men , " he remarked to a friend , " talk like Demosthenes and Cicero , and I feel when I am listening to them as if I were in Athens or Rome . " Soon ...
... attention absorbed , and his mind enrapt in the scene beneath him : " Some of these men , " he remarked to a friend , " talk like Demosthenes and Cicero , and I feel when I am listening to them as if I were in Athens or Rome . " Soon ...
Page 22
... and energetic eloquence of the diction to a conclusion far different from the one intended . This pamphlet attracted much attention , and had a fair success . It DR . JOHNSON'S OPINION OF BURKE'S ESSAY . 23 brought 22 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE .
... and energetic eloquence of the diction to a conclusion far different from the one intended . This pamphlet attracted much attention , and had a fair success . It DR . JOHNSON'S OPINION OF BURKE'S ESSAY . 23 brought 22 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE .
Page 23
... attention to subjects of taste must see that his enumeration of the qualities which constitute sublimity and beauty is exact . Of the sublime he says , " Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger , that is to ...
... attention to subjects of taste must see that his enumeration of the qualities which constitute sublimity and beauty is exact . Of the sublime he says , " Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger , that is to ...
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... attention and skilful treatment , not from the Doctor only , but all his family , had soon a more powerful effect than any medicine in producing restoration to health . Among the most watchful of the patient and guest was the Doctor's ...
... attention and skilful treatment , not from the Doctor only , but all his family , had soon a more powerful effect than any medicine in producing restoration to health . Among the most watchful of the patient and guest was the Doctor's ...
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... attention of Dr. Johnson . Burke's house in Wimpole Street became a point of increased attraction to his friends . The expenses of extended housekeeping and aug- mented society added force to Burke's exertions in literature , still the ...
... attention of Dr. Johnson . Burke's house in Wimpole Street became a point of increased attraction to his friends . The expenses of extended housekeeping and aug- mented society added force to Burke's exertions in literature , still the ...
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