EDMUND BURKE. From the Fortrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the National Portrait Gallery. (Chambers's Encyclopædia of English Literature.) Burke, Edmoré LIPPINCOTT’S CLASSICS EDITED BY EDWIN L. MILLER, A.M. COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. I admire his eloquence, I approve his poli tics, I adore his chivalry. Gibbon. I think him the greatest man upon the earth.-Dr. Parr. In amplitude of comprehension and richness of imagination superior to every orator, ancient or modern.-Macaulay. The greatest philosopher in practice whom the world ever saw.-Sir James Mackintosh. |