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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Collected in Three Volumes ... - Page 420
by Edmund Burke - 1792
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Mr. Burke's Speech, on the 1st December 1783: Upon the Question for the ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1784 - 118 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almoft as rarely coincides with the defires, of any man. Let him ufe his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the fummic. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has faults; but they are faults thaty though...
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The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almoft as rarely coincides with the defires of any man. Let him ufe his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...here is the fummit. He never can exceed what he does ihis day, He has faults ; but they are faults that, though they may in a fmall degree larnifh tfie...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desire, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...benevolence. He is now on a great eminence, where the eyesof mankind are tuVned to him. He may livelong, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never...
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 2

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 468 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has faults ; but they are faults that, though...
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A Vindication of the British and Foreign Bible Society: In a Letter ...

William Dealtry - 1811 - 422 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins to his bene* volence. He is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind are turned to him. He may live...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...almost as rarely coincides with the desires of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give thewhole length of the reins to his benevolence. He is now...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has faults ; but they are faults that, though...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 2

Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desire, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...where the eyes of mankind are turned to him. He may livelong, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has...
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has faults ; but they are faults that though...
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. He has faults ; but they are faults that though...
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Handbuch der englischen sprache und literature, Volume 1

H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...as мrely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him nse his time. ; Let him give the whole length of the reins...He may live long, he may do much. But here is the summit. He can never exceed what he does this day. — • l 2) OLD CoSSTiTüTtoS OP FHANCE — CONSEQÜEHÍB»...
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