Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . EDMUND BURKE 157. m^^^m^^m^l^m RESENTLY Burke graduatedJ5S^^3S2 from doing hack work for Wil-liam Gerard Hamilton to the po-sition of his private secretary—Hamilton had been appointedLord Lieutenant of Ireland andso highly did he prize Burkesservices that he had the Govern-ment vote him a pension of threehundred pounds a year. This was the first settled in-come Burke had ever received, and he was then wellpast thirty years of age. But though he was in sorestraits financially, when he perceived that the intentof the income was to bind him into t
Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators . EDMUND BURKE 157. m^^^m^^m^l^m RESENTLY Burke graduatedJ5S^^3S2 from doing hack work for Wil-liam Gerard Hamilton to the po-sition of his private secretary—Hamilton had been appointedLord Lieutenant of Ireland andso highly did he prize Burkesservices that he had the Govern-ment vote him a pension of threehundred pounds a year. This was the first settled in-come Burke had ever received, and he was then wellpast thirty years of age. But though he was in sorestraits financially, when he perceived that the intentof the income was to bind him into the exclusive ser-vice of his patron, he resigned his office and refusedthe pension. Without knowing how wisely he was acting, Burke,by declining the pension and affronting Lord Hamil-ton, had done the very thing that it was most ex-pedient to do. When Hamilton could not buy his man, he foolishlysought to crush him, and this brought Burke for thefirst time into the white light of suppose it is fully understood that the nobility ofEngland are not nece
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