The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 pages |
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Page vi
... conduct of this great man harmonious and consistent - anxiously discharging every private duty of hus- band , father , friend , and fellow - creature , till his great heart had ceased to beat . " This is certainly true ; and the ...
... conduct of this great man harmonious and consistent - anxiously discharging every private duty of hus- band , father , friend , and fellow - creature , till his great heart had ceased to beat . " This is certainly true ; and the ...
Page xi
... conduct relative to France in and out of Parliament - Publi- cation of his " Reflections on the French Revolution , " and of his other works on the same subject— Burke's retirement from the House of Commons 225 CHAPTER VIII . Death of ...
... conduct relative to France in and out of Parliament - Publi- cation of his " Reflections on the French Revolution , " and of his other works on the same subject— Burke's retirement from the House of Commons 225 CHAPTER VIII . Death of ...
Page 32
... conduct , every reason to rejoice at his lot . A few words here of the lady's father and his descendants . Christopher Nugent , M.D. , was the scion of a highly respectable family in Westmeath in Ireland , but was himself born to a ...
... conduct , every reason to rejoice at his lot . A few words here of the lady's father and his descendants . Christopher Nugent , M.D. , was the scion of a highly respectable family in Westmeath in Ireland , but was himself born to a ...
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... conduct in public affairs has been for a long time directly contrary to my opinions , very reproachful to himself , and utterly disgustful to me ; and though in private he has not justly fulfilled one of his engagements to me , yet I ...
... conduct in public affairs has been for a long time directly contrary to my opinions , very reproachful to himself , and utterly disgustful to me ; and though in private he has not justly fulfilled one of his engagements to me , yet I ...
Page 49
... conduct was not quite so irrational as is surmised . Burke , like his friend Dr. Johnson , had , probably unknown to himself , a tinge of the Catholic and the cavalier . No doubt both he and Johnson were loyal supporters of the ...
... conduct was not quite so irrational as is surmised . Burke , like his friend Dr. Johnson , had , probably unknown to himself , a tinge of the Catholic and the cavalier . No doubt both he and Johnson were loyal supporters of the ...
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