Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلدات 1-2Hurd and Houghton, 1875 |
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الصفحة xvii
... person whom it is the fashion among a small coterie to call " the Burke of the age . ' After admitting him to be " the cleverest declaimer on the Whig side of the House , " the ac- count thus proceeds : " He is an ugly , cross - made ...
... person whom it is the fashion among a small coterie to call " the Burke of the age . ' After admitting him to be " the cleverest declaimer on the Whig side of the House , " the ac- count thus proceeds : " He is an ugly , cross - made ...
الصفحة xix
... person . He made the very best speech that has been made this session on In- dia . The Speaker , who is a severe judge , says he rather thinks it the best speech he ever heard . " Since the time of Burke , no speech in Parliament on the ...
... person . He made the very best speech that has been made this session on In- dia . The Speaker , who is a severe judge , says he rather thinks it the best speech he ever heard . " Since the time of Burke , no speech in Parliament on the ...
الصفحة xxii
... person . " On the 29th of May , 1839 , he made a speech to the electors , which for clearness and pun- gency of statement and argument is a model for all orators who are called upon to address a popular audi- ence . It was probably this ...
... person . " On the 29th of May , 1839 , he made a speech to the electors , which for clearness and pun- gency of statement and argument is a model for all orators who are called upon to address a popular audi- ence . It was probably this ...
الصفحة xxxii
... person he has resolved to condemn ; and any intellect , resolute enough to resist the marvellous fascination of the narrative , can easily redispose the facts so as to arrive at an opposite conclusion . He A prominent cause of ...
... person he has resolved to condemn ; and any intellect , resolute enough to resist the marvellous fascination of the narrative , can easily redispose the facts so as to arrive at an opposite conclusion . He A prominent cause of ...
الصفحة 3
... But his countenance formed a sin- gular contrast to the general appearance of his person . The high and imperial brow , the keen aquiline feat- ures , the compressed mouth , the penetrating eye . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 3.
... But his countenance formed a sin- gular contrast to the general appearance of his person . The high and imperial brow , the keen aquiline feat- ures , the compressed mouth , the penetrating eye . FRAGMENTS OF A ROMAN TALE . 3.
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