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... afterwards Mrs. French , further mention also will be made . EDMUND BURKE , the second son , was born in his father's house , on Arran Quay , Dublin , the 1st January , 1730 ; or , as otherwise alleged , 1728. In his early years he was ...
... afterwards Mrs. French , further mention also will be made . EDMUND BURKE , the second son , was born in his father's house , on Arran Quay , Dublin , the 1st January , 1730 ; or , as otherwise alleged , 1728. In his early years he was ...
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... afterwards of considerable public note ; Barry the painter , the protégé of Edmund Burke , being , as well as his patron , among the number . The following quaint verses , from an old magazine , bear tri- bute to the acknowledged ...
... afterwards of considerable public note ; Barry the painter , the protégé of Edmund Burke , being , as well as his patron , among the number . The following quaint verses , from an old magazine , bear tri- bute to the acknowledged ...
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... afterwards thought or said of him , never at any time forsook him . The circumstance was this : In the year 1749 one Dr. Charles Lucas , a demagogue apothecary , wrote a number of daring papers against government , and acquired as great ...
... afterwards thought or said of him , never at any time forsook him . The circumstance was this : In the year 1749 one Dr. Charles Lucas , a demagogue apothecary , wrote a number of daring papers against government , and acquired as great ...
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... afterwards saw . He it was who declared that Burke was the greatest man living ; and that if one were to be driven to seek shelter from a shower of rain under the same gateway with him , one must in a few minutes perceive his ...
... afterwards saw . He it was who declared that Burke was the greatest man living ; and that if one were to be driven to seek shelter from a shower of rain under the same gateway with him , one must in a few minutes perceive his ...
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... in the Piazza , Covent Garden : to this he afterwards added a school of oratory , upon a plan hitherto unknown in England , founded upon the Greek , Roman , French , and Italian societies , under the title of " the British Inquisition . "
... in the Piazza , Covent Garden : to this he afterwards added a school of oratory , upon a plan hitherto unknown in England , founded upon the Greek , Roman , French , and Italian societies , under the title of " the British Inquisition . "
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