Memoir of the Life and Character of ... Edmund Burke with Specimens of His Poetry and Letters (etc.)Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1824 |
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... liberty ; even at one of the largest book establishments in London , on inquiring for a volume in which it happened to be said there was something con- cerning him , " A satire , Sir , I suppose , " was the reply , as if satire was the ...
... liberty ; even at one of the largest book establishments in London , on inquiring for a volume in which it happened to be said there was something con- cerning him , " A satire , Sir , I suppose , " was the reply , as if satire was the ...
Page 12
... liberty which marked his future life ; and this from ob- serving among the society of friends , in which he was domesticated , that differences of opinion on these points made neither worse subjects , nor worse men . Reflection , and ...
... liberty which marked his future life ; and this from ob- serving among the society of friends , in which he was domesticated , that differences of opinion on these points made neither worse subjects , nor worse men . Reflection , and ...
Page 116
... liberty to labour much and to enjoy little , to be talked of but not rewarded , to glare in the world by the brilliancy of your writings , and to die possibly in personal obscurity and poverty . Even Johnson might have written his ...
... liberty to labour much and to enjoy little , to be talked of but not rewarded , to glare in the world by the brilliancy of your writings , and to die possibly in personal obscurity and poverty . Even Johnson might have written his ...
Page 134
... liberty of saying a great deal upon matters which you understand far better than I do . Had you the patience to bear it ? You have given a strong , and , I fancy , a very faithful picture of the dealers in taste with you . It is very ...
... liberty of saying a great deal upon matters which you understand far better than I do . Had you the patience to bear it ? You have given a strong , and , I fancy , a very faithful picture of the dealers in taste with you . It is very ...
Page 137
... liberty which you have always had the goodness to bear from me , that you cannot possibly have always the same success , either with regard to your fortune or your reputation . Depend upon it , that you will find the same competitions ...
... liberty which you have always had the goodness to bear from me , that you cannot possibly have always the same success , either with regard to your fortune or your reputation . Depend upon it , that you will find the same competitions ...
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