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Page 345
... never flags for a single moment . There are no digressions , or unseasonable descriptions , or long speeches . Every ... never sure that we see him as he was . We are never sure that what appears to be nature is not disguised art . We ...
... never flags for a single moment . There are no digressions , or unseasonable descriptions , or long speeches . Every ... never sure that we see him as he was . We are never sure that what appears to be nature is not disguised art . We ...
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... never applied himself steadily to any branch of knowledge . He was a wretched financier . He never became familiar even with the rules of that House of which he was the brightest ornament . He had never studied public law as a system ...
... never applied himself steadily to any branch of knowledge . He was a wretched financier . He never became familiar even with the rules of that House of which he was the brightest ornament . He had never studied public law as a system ...
Page 457
... never since known in our country . These men disclaimed all political ties , except those which bound them to the ... never lived with their master as Dodington at one time lived with his father , or as Sheridan afterwards lived with his ...
... never since known in our country . These men disclaimed all political ties , except those which bound them to the ... never lived with their master as Dodington at one time lived with his father , or as Sheridan afterwards lived with his ...
Contents
ENGLISH HISTORY | 3 |
Introduction by Douglas Jerrold | 18 |
BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES | 405 |
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