The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Band 4George Godfrey Cunningham A. Fullarton & Company, 1863 |
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... talents and qualities of their subject . But , it is not to be concealed that they overlook , or attempt to palliate , the vices and the weaknesses of the great man they praise . " Why was it , " - the reader of such eulogiums must ...
... talents and qualities of their subject . But , it is not to be concealed that they overlook , or attempt to palliate , the vices and the weaknesses of the great man they praise . " Why was it , " - the reader of such eulogiums must ...
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... talents , and much in his qualities , regretted that his name never ceased to excite in their minds the idea of gamesters and bacchanals , even after he was acknowledged to have withdrawn himself from such society . Those who held bis ...
... talents , and much in his qualities , regretted that his name never ceased to excite in their minds the idea of gamesters and bacchanals , even after he was acknowledged to have withdrawn himself from such society . Those who held bis ...
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... talents , even more than his connexions , soon raised him to the highest honours of the law ; and his personal qualities completed the ascendancy which his talents had obtained . " I know few men , " said Lord Kaimes , when dedicating ...
... talents , even more than his connexions , soon raised him to the highest honours of the law ; and his personal qualities completed the ascendancy which his talents had obtained . " I know few men , " said Lord Kaimes , when dedicating ...
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