Memoir of Tristam Burges: With Selections from His Speeches and Occasional WritingsMarshall, Brown, 1835 - 404 من الصفحات |
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... TRISTAM BURGES : a man who has risen from obscurity , to honorable dis- tinction ; who has filled important stations ; and who is now numbered among our patriots and statesmen . His life abounds in those incidents which mark the ...
... TRISTAM BURGES : a man who has risen from obscurity , to honorable dis- tinction ; who has filled important stations ; and who is now numbered among our patriots and statesmen . His life abounds in those incidents which mark the ...
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... Burges ; his mother's , Abigail . In the autumn of 1775 , Mr. Burges , the father of Tristam , entered the army as a lieutenant , intending to continue in the service until the end of the war . But in the winter of 1775 , he was seized ...
... Burges ; his mother's , Abigail . In the autumn of 1775 , Mr. Burges , the father of Tristam , entered the army as a lieutenant , intending to continue in the service until the end of the war . But in the winter of 1775 , he was seized ...
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... Burges , for leaving his son . owners had ordered the vessel to sail earlier than the previously appointed day . The This event , not only demolished all his " air built fabrics , " but gave an impression to his ... TRISTAM BURGES . 19.
... Burges , for leaving his son . owners had ordered the vessel to sail earlier than the previously appointed day . The This event , not only demolished all his " air built fabrics , " but gave an impression to his ... TRISTAM BURGES . 19.
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... Tristam , " continued he , “ I can raise it for you , if you will pay me a little something for my trouble . " At what rate , inquired the applicant ? “ Oh , six per cent ; I take no more . " - His reputation ... TRISTAM BURGES . 27.
... Tristam , " continued he , “ I can raise it for you , if you will pay me a little something for my trouble . " At what rate , inquired the applicant ? “ Oh , six per cent ; I take no more . " - His reputation ... TRISTAM BURGES . 27.
الصفحة 39
... Burges was perhaps more successful in exciting delicate feeling , than he had ever been on any previous occasion . This may be at- tributed in part to the theme , and the grief pervading that community of which ... TRISTAM BURGES . 39.
... Burges was perhaps more successful in exciting delicate feeling , than he had ever been on any previous occasion . This may be at- tributed in part to the theme , and the grief pervading that community of which ... TRISTAM BURGES . 39.
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