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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... nature , grand , comprehensive , and original , there is little doubt but that at the close of his foreign education , a very partial de- velopment of mental energy wouid have been displayed , and he would have appeared upon the stage ...
... nature , grand , comprehensive , and original , there is little doubt but that at the close of his foreign education , a very partial de- velopment of mental energy wouid have been displayed , and he would have appeared upon the stage ...
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... nature , he would have been on a par with the pre- sent race of orators in France , who in the scale of oratorical excellence , stand nearly the lowest in Europe . Horace says Poeta nacitur , non fit , and the same rule will apply to ...
... nature , he would have been on a par with the pre- sent race of orators in France , who in the scale of oratorical excellence , stand nearly the lowest in Europe . Horace says Poeta nacitur , non fit , and the same rule will apply to ...
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... nature they were dissimilar , yet with the flame of patriotism burning with- in him , he saw that the means were ... natural order of things could not exist long , and in the high enthusiasm of his spirit , he saw that the period was ...
... nature they were dissimilar , yet with the flame of patriotism burning with- in him , he saw that the means were ... natural order of things could not exist long , and in the high enthusiasm of his spirit , he saw that the period was ...
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... nature . Their duty con- sists in encouraging virtue , learning and knowledge ; advancing happiness and causing the human mind to expand and aspire . But , sensible of their duties , their practice is often that of com- pulsion , from ...
... nature . Their duty con- sists in encouraging virtue , learning and knowledge ; advancing happiness and causing the human mind to expand and aspire . But , sensible of their duties , their practice is often that of com- pulsion , from ...
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... nature of Mr. O'Connell to despair of anything upon which his heart is set as an undoubted right , and on which he could employ his hand with freedom to make good . He antici- pated the desired opening , that the courts of Irish law ...
... nature of Mr. O'Connell to despair of anything upon which his heart is set as an undoubted right , and on which he could employ his hand with freedom to make good . He antici- pated the desired opening , that the courts of Irish law ...
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