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... Here , at Kilcolman Castle , had Spenser written the Faerie Queene ; here had lived Essex and Raleigh , and here were plenty of stories and legends about them . HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH . 5 The locality was classic 4 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE .
... Here , at Kilcolman Castle , had Spenser written the Faerie Queene ; here had lived Essex and Raleigh , and here were plenty of stories and legends about them . HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH . 5 The locality was classic 4 LIFE OF EDMUND BURKE .
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... lived her slave . A comical quarrel , that made the town laugh , ended their tender intimacy , and she returned to Dublin , and to the Smock Alley Theatre of her early fame . Her beauty and accomplishments , her wit and vivacity , the ...
... lived her slave . A comical quarrel , that made the town laugh , ended their tender intimacy , and she returned to Dublin , and to the Smock Alley Theatre of her early fame . Her beauty and accomplishments , her wit and vivacity , the ...
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... lived through all Burke's subse- quent statesman - career , and died two days after him , on the 11th July , 1797 . This chapter should not conclude without mention of two cir- cumstances relative to Burke at this period , though the ...
... lived through all Burke's subse- quent statesman - career , and died two days after him , on the 11th July , 1797 . This chapter should not conclude without mention of two cir- cumstances relative to Burke at this period , though the ...
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... lived above seventy years , and reigned within ten years as long as he lived - sixty over his dukedom , above twenty over Eng- land -- both of which he acquired or kept by his own magnanimity , with hardly any other title than he ...
... lived above seventy years , and reigned within ten years as long as he lived - sixty over his dukedom , above twenty over Eng- land -- both of which he acquired or kept by his own magnanimity , with hardly any other title than he ...
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... lived to see it ! Fortu- nate indeed if he lives to see nothing that shall vary the prospect , and cloud the setting of his day ! " In this speech also is the following magnificent burst of elo- quence : " For that service , for all ...
... lived to see it ! Fortu- nate indeed if he lives to see nothing that shall vary the prospect , and cloud the setting of his day ! " In this speech also is the following magnificent burst of elo- quence : " For that service , for all ...
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