The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., from the Year 1776 to the Close of the Proceedings in Parliament for the Repeal of the Union: Compiled from Official Documents |
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... hand we have known many individuals , who , with not a tithe of the intellectual power which Addison possessed , have effected almost a revolution in the country , by the mere exercise of their oratorical energies . If we direct our ...
... hand we have known many individuals , who , with not a tithe of the intellectual power which Addison possessed , have effected almost a revolution in the country , by the mere exercise of their oratorical energies . If we direct our ...
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... hand with freedom to make good . He antici- pated the desired opening , that the courts of Irish law , as well as the government and the Church , would be goaded by efforts like his own to mature , and perfect tolerance . But while this ...
... hand with freedom to make good . He antici- pated the desired opening , that the courts of Irish law , as well as the government and the Church , would be goaded by efforts like his own to mature , and perfect tolerance . But while this ...
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... hand . You perceive at once that you have lighted upon a great popular advocate ; and , if you take the trouble to follow his movements for a couple of hours " through the several courts , you will not fail to 2 . F DANIEL O'CONNELL ...
... hand . You perceive at once that you have lighted upon a great popular advocate ; and , if you take the trouble to follow his movements for a couple of hours " through the several courts , you will not fail to 2 . F DANIEL O'CONNELL ...
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... hand which has moulded the exterior has supersaturated the inner man with a fund of restless propensity , which it is quite be- yond his power , as it is certainly beside his inclination , to con- trol . A large portion of this is ...
... hand which has moulded the exterior has supersaturated the inner man with a fund of restless propensity , which it is quite be- yond his power , as it is certainly beside his inclination , to con- trol . A large portion of this is ...
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... discover , that little or no resemblance exists between them . Cobbett could scarcely ever rise above mediocrity as an orator , whilst on the other hand , in the speeches of Mr. O'Connell , DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . 37.
... discover , that little or no resemblance exists between them . Cobbett could scarcely ever rise above mediocrity as an orator , whilst on the other hand , in the speeches of Mr. O'Connell , DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . 37.
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