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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... mind of a Johnson . From an acute and ingenious literary friend , a native of the same country , I have received valuable accessions both of fact and remark ; and , through him , from a learned gentleman who was intimately connected ...
... mind of a Johnson . From an acute and ingenious literary friend , a native of the same country , I have received valuable accessions both of fact and remark ; and , through him , from a learned gentleman who was intimately connected ...
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... mind ; the ma terials on which it operated , the consistency of his opinions , the profoundness of his reasoning , and the justness of his conclusions shewn ; and the beauty , sublimity , and pathos , exemplified , from 485 to 511 ...
... mind ; the ma terials on which it operated , the consistency of his opinions , the profoundness of his reasoning , and the justness of his conclusions shewn ; and the beauty , sublimity , and pathos , exemplified , from 485 to 511 ...
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... mind ; the modifica tions , habits , and affections of mind to their sources , whether original or factitious ; and thence deducing lessons of moral conduct . It is interesting , from displaying situations and passions which we can , by ...
... mind ; the modifica tions , habits , and affections of mind to their sources , whether original or factitious ; and thence deducing lessons of moral conduct . It is interesting , from displaying situations and passions which we can , by ...
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... of knowing and explaining difficult and important truths . But penetration will discover talents , though not employed in customary details . It is of the greatest importance in a history of an extraordinary mind , to mark , as far [ 15 ]
... of knowing and explaining difficult and important truths . But penetration will discover talents , though not employed in customary details . It is of the greatest importance in a history of an extraordinary mind , to mark , as far [ 15 ]
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... mind of Burke , even in his juvenile years , saw the absurdity of the scholastic jar- gon , and slighted it as much as his friend John- son had formerly done the lectures of his Oxford tutor . Men of great talents , both those who have ...
... mind of Burke , even in his juvenile years , saw the absurdity of the scholastic jar- gon , and slighted it as much as his friend John- son had formerly done the lectures of his Oxford tutor . Men of great talents , both those who have ...
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