The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 pages |
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... hand was ever stretch'd to bless , Thy breast humane for each unhappy felt , Thy heart for others ' sorrows prone to melt . In vain did Envy point her scorpion sting , In vain did Malice shake her blasting wing , Each generous breast ...
... hand was ever stretch'd to bless , Thy breast humane for each unhappy felt , Thy heart for others ' sorrows prone to melt . In vain did Envy point her scorpion sting , In vain did Malice shake her blasting wing , Each generous breast ...
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... hand , which she accepted ; and during a long life of various vicissitudes and trying situations , he had , in her soothing and affectionate conduct , every reason to rejoice at his lot . A few words here of the lady's father and his ...
... hand , which she accepted ; and during a long life of various vicissitudes and trying situations , he had , in her soothing and affectionate conduct , every reason to rejoice at his lot . A few words here of the lady's father and his ...
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... hand , encumbered the island with an uncommon multitude of bogs and morasses ; so that in general it is less praised for corn than pasturage , in which no soil is more rich and luxuriant . Whilst it possesses these internal means of ...
... hand , encumbered the island with an uncommon multitude of bogs and morasses ; so that in general it is less praised for corn than pasturage , in which no soil is more rich and luxuriant . Whilst it possesses these internal means of ...
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... hand . To Ballitore and the Shackletons , Burke of course must also go . Mr. and Mrs. Shackle- ton returned the visit at Dublin Castle , then Edmund's abode by virtue of his office . The incident that occurred when they went there ...
... hand . To Ballitore and the Shackletons , Burke of course must also go . Mr. and Mrs. Shackle- ton returned the visit at Dublin Castle , then Edmund's abode by virtue of his office . The incident that occurred when they went there ...
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... hand , the Grenville body , the devisers of taxation and the framers of the Stamp Act , insisted on its continuance and on coercive mea- sures ; on the other , the haughty Pitt and his adherents would have the Stamp Act absolutely ...
... hand , the Grenville body , the devisers of taxation and the framers of the Stamp Act , insisted on its continuance and on coercive mea- sures ; on the other , the haughty Pitt and his adherents would have the Stamp Act absolutely ...
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