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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... professed , in a letter to a friend at this time , to admire beyond those of any other ; he preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ; and the Greek historians generally to the Latin . Of Horace , Lucretius , and Virgil ...
... professed , in a letter to a friend at this time , to admire beyond those of any other ; he preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ; and the Greek historians generally to the Latin . Of Horace , Lucretius , and Virgil ...
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James Prior. Whether wholly his own or not , the sketch , for it professes to be little more , —and an apology is made in the preface for inequality in the style which the reader may not readily discover , -is in many parts masterly ...
James Prior. Whether wholly his own or not , the sketch , for it professes to be little more , —and an apology is made in the preface for inequality in the style which the reader may not readily discover , -is in many parts masterly ...
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... professed opponent in politics , gave some countenance to the assertion , though quite unfounded in fact . On their quarrel , Hamilton is said to have upbraided him with having taken him from a garret ; when the reply is re- ported to ...
... professed opponent in politics , gave some countenance to the assertion , though quite unfounded in fact . On their quarrel , Hamilton is said to have upbraided him with having taken him from a garret ; when the reply is re- ported to ...
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... professed to be a Whig ; the Duke of Grafton called himself a Whig ; Mr. George Grenville thought himself a Whig ; and Mr. Pitt , if he hung aloof from the name of Whig , was so near to it in substance , that none but himself could ...
... professed to be a Whig ; the Duke of Grafton called himself a Whig ; Mr. George Grenville thought himself a Whig ; and Mr. Pitt , if he hung aloof from the name of Whig , was so near to it in substance , that none but himself could ...
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... professed to have no specific objection to the Ministry , though he would not give them his confidence , imme- diately followed Mr. Burke in the debate , and com- plimented him by observing , " that the young member had proved a very ...
... professed to have no specific objection to the Ministry , though he would not give them his confidence , imme- diately followed Mr. Burke in the debate , and com- plimented him by observing , " that the young member had proved a very ...
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