 | William Henry Herndon, Jesse William Weik - 1890 - 294 pages
...magnifies his perfections—if he had any—and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life." He lapsed into a brown study, but presently broke out again, " Billy, I've wondered why book-publishers... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1889 - 276 pages
...magnifies his perfections—if he had any—and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life." He lapsed into a brown study, but presently broke out again, " Billy, I've wondered why book-publishers... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 396 pages
...magnifies his perfections—if he had any—and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life." He lapsed into a brown study, but presently broke out again, " Billy, I've wondered why book-publishers... | |
 | William Henry Herndon - 1892 - 410 pages
...magnifies his perfections—if he had any—and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life." He lapsed into a brown study, but presently broke out again, " Billy, I've wondered why book-publishers... | |
 | Daniel Kilham Dodge - English language - 1900 - 82 pages
...magnifies his perfections—if he had any—and suppresses his imperfections. He is- so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...life History is not history unless it is the truth.' " 3 Lincoln's lack of interest would seem to be not in history, but in histories as he found them.... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1902 - 506 pages
...perfections, and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal, and so lavish in his praise of his every act, that one is almost driven to believe that Burke never made a mistake or failure in his life." He lapsed into a brown study, but presently broke out again: "Billy, I've wondered... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...perfections, and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal, and so lavish in his praise of his every act, that one is almost driven to believe that Burke never made a mistake or failure in his life. Billy, I 've wondered why book publishers and merchants don't have blank biographies... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 416 pages
...magnifies his perfections — if he had any — and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life. Billy, I 've wondered why book publishers and merchants don't have blank biographies on their shelves,... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 420 pages
...magnifies his perfections — if he had any — and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life. Billy, I 've wondered why book publishers and merchants don't have blank biographies on their shelves,... | |
 | Joseph Fort Newton - Biography & Autobiography - 1910 - 412 pages
...magnifies his perfections — if he had any — and suppresses his imperfections. He is so faithful in his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act...Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life. Billy, I 've wondered why book publishers and merchants don't have blank biographies on their shelves,... | |
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his zeal and so lavish in praise of his every act that one is almost driven to believe that Burke never made a mistake or a failure in his life. History is not history unless it is the truth. 
