The Life of Edmund Burke. Comprehending an Impartial Account of His Literary and Political Efforts, and a Sketch of the Conduct and Character of His Most Eminent Associates, Coadjutors, and Opponents. [With a Portrait.]George Cawthorn, 1798 - 592 páginas |
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... . Of history , therefore , the most instructing and most interesting kind is Bio- graphy . " No species of history , ( says the sage Author of the RAMBLER ) seems more B worthy of cultivation than biography ; since none can be.
... . Of history , therefore , the most instructing and most interesting kind is Bio- graphy . " No species of history , ( says the sage Author of the RAMBLER ) seems more B worthy of cultivation than biography ; since none can be.
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... ( says he ) the earliest dawn- ings of policy to this day , the invention of men has been sharpening and improving the mys tery of murder , from the rude essays of clubs and stones , to the present perfection of gun- nery , canoneering ...
... ( says he ) the earliest dawn- ings of policy to this day , the invention of men has been sharpening and improving the mys tery of murder , from the rude essays of clubs and stones , to the present perfection of gun- nery , canoneering ...
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... ( says he ) is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger , that is to say , whatever is in any sort terrible , or conversant about terrible objects , or operates in a manner analogous to terror , is a source of the sublime ...
... ( says he ) is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger , that is to say , whatever is in any sort terrible , or conversant about terrible objects , or operates in a manner analogous to terror , is a source of the sublime ...
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... says Boswell , probably expressing from recollection the opi- nion of Johnson , " resembled a fertile but thin soil : there was a quick , but not a strong ve- getation of whatever chanced to be sown .. No deep root could be struck . The ...
... says Boswell , probably expressing from recollection the opi- nion of Johnson , " resembled a fertile but thin soil : there was a quick , but not a strong ve- getation of whatever chanced to be sown .. No deep root could be struck . The ...
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... ( says Goldsmith ) that's the way to make them green . " He was very angry that the company found no jest , blundering out , " it was a very good joke when I heard it last night . " He af- fected the manner of Johnson ; and the club , to ...
... ( says Goldsmith ) that's the way to make them green . " He was very angry that the company found no jest , blundering out , " it was a very good joke when I heard it last night . " He af- fected the manner of Johnson ; and the club , to ...
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