The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 pages |
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Page vii
... able work , which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine , are professedly or in effect confined to politics only . The present volume attempts to remedy the deficiency , by re- lating the history of Edmund Burke , both as a private ...
... able work , which first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine , are professedly or in effect confined to politics only . The present volume attempts to remedy the deficiency , by re- lating the history of Edmund Burke , both as a private ...
Page viii
... proved at all available for its intended purpose , the time and trouble devoted to the task of its formation seem light ; the recompense is ample and agree- able indeed . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1 . PAGE Family of De Burgh viii PREFACE .
... proved at all available for its intended purpose , the time and trouble devoted to the task of its formation seem light ; the recompense is ample and agree- able indeed . CONTENTS . CHAPTER 1 . PAGE Family of De Burgh viii PREFACE .
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... able description of what he beheld . A schoolfellow , whose exercises Burke often composed for him , applied rather late for the usual help on this occasion . Burke hurriedly undertook the job , and having his ideas somewhat ex- hausted ...
... able description of what he beheld . A schoolfellow , whose exercises Burke often composed for him , applied rather late for the usual help on this occasion . Burke hurriedly undertook the job , and having his ideas somewhat ex- hausted ...
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Peter Burke. branches of English literature . Arthur Murphy was the author of an able standard translation of Tacitus , which , by the way , he ARTHUR MURPHY , ESQ . dedicated to Edmund Burke : he also wrote many charming dramas ; some ...
Peter Burke. branches of English literature . Arthur Murphy was the author of an able standard translation of Tacitus , which , by the way , he ARTHUR MURPHY , ESQ . dedicated to Edmund Burke : he also wrote many charming dramas ; some ...
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... able course of relieving the lightness of his purse by the powers of his brain . He began regularly to write for daily , weekly , and monthly publications . To these he contributed essays on various subjects of general literature , and ...
... able course of relieving the lightness of his purse by the powers of his brain . He began regularly to write for daily , weekly , and monthly publications . To these he contributed essays on various subjects of general literature , and ...
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