The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Lordship's character in such particulars of the following letter , than they are likely to find of that rapid torrent of an impe- tuous and overbearing eloquence , and the variety of rich imagery for which that writer is justly admired ...
... Lordship's character in such particulars of the following letter , than they are likely to find of that rapid torrent of an impe- tuous and overbearing eloquence , and the variety of rich imagery for which that writer is justly admired ...
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... Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves entitled to alter his Lordship's ...
... Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves entitled to alter his Lordship's ...
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... Lordship's erudi- tion . You will recollect his uninterrupted series of success . You will run over his battles . You will call to mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that ...
... Lordship's erudi- tion . You will recollect his uninterrupted series of success . You will run over his battles . You will call to mind the carnage which was made . You will give a glance at the whole , and you will agree with me , that ...
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... Lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total de- struction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You will find every page of its history dyed in blood , and blotted and confounded by tumults , rebellions , massacres ...
... Lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total de- struction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You will find every page of its history dyed in blood , and blotted and confounded by tumults , rebellions , massacres ...
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... Lordship as much as it would me ; and I confess I already feel my eyes ake by keeping them so long intent on so bloody a prospect . I shall observe little on the Servile , the Social , the Gallick , and Spanish wars ; nor upon those ...
... Lordship as much as it would me ; and I confess I already feel my eyes ake by keeping them so long intent on so bloody a prospect . I shall observe little on the Servile , the Social , the Gallick , and Spanish wars ; nor upon those ...
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