The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Hon. Edmund BurkeNath. Cooke, 1854 - 316 pages |
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... thoughts of wisdom and his words of fire have become familiar to us all . Yet his own history , like that of Shakespeare , is far less known than his works . This circumstance , the truth of which will be readily b admitted , is the ...
... thoughts of wisdom and his words of fire have become familiar to us all . Yet his own history , like that of Shakespeare , is far less known than his works . This circumstance , the truth of which will be readily b admitted , is the ...
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... Thoughts on the present Discontents ” - Speech on American taxation - Charles Fox - Burke's election for Malton and Bristol - Speech on American conciliation - Dr.Johnson's pamphlet - American war- -Economical reform - Gordon Riots ...
... Thoughts on the present Discontents ” - Speech on American taxation - Charles Fox - Burke's election for Malton and Bristol - Speech on American conciliation - Dr.Johnson's pamphlet - American war- -Economical reform - Gordon Riots ...
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... thoughts and imagery , knowledge and reasoning . Of the versatility of Burke's genius , even at this time , the fol- lowing anecdote is related . Mr. Shackleton one day , when the assizes were commencing at Carlow , permitted his ...
... thoughts and imagery , knowledge and reasoning . Of the versatility of Burke's genius , even at this time , the fol- lowing anecdote is related . Mr. Shackleton one day , when the assizes were commencing at Carlow , permitted his ...
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... 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 popularity ...
... 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 popularity ...
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... thought and tone which characterised him through life . His letters to Shackleton , published among those edited by Earl Fitzwilliam and Sir Richard Bourke , may be always read in their entirety with pleasure and advantage . Many of ...
... thought and tone which characterised him through life . His letters to Shackleton , published among those edited by Earl Fitzwilliam and Sir Richard Bourke , may be always read in their entirety with pleasure and advantage . Many of ...
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