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Leaders of the senate: a biographical history of the rise and development of ... - Page 224
by Alexander Charles Ewald - 1884
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain ...

Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 372 pages
...him. That he may lecure fome liberty, he rriakes a furrender in truft of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exift in total independence of it; and exift in much greater clearnefs, and in a much greater degree...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain ...

Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 370 pages
...him. That.he may iecure fome liberty, he makes .a furrender in truft of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exift in total' independence of it; and exift in much greater clearnefs, and in a much greater degree...
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The Historical, biographical, literary, and scientific magazine ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 678 pages
...the conventions of civil society, lights which cio not so much as suppose its existence. ' Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do existin total independence of it; and exist in much greater clearness, and a much greater degree ofabstract...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...conventions of civil society, rights which do not so much as suppose its existence ? « Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may...perfection is their practical defect, By having a right to every thing, they want every thing. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...rights which do not so much as suppose Us existence ? < Government is not made in virtue of n tural rights, which may and do exist in total independence...clearness, and in a much greater degree of abstract perfe6tion: but their abstract perfection is their practical defecl. By having a right to every thing,...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...him. That he may £br cure fome liberty, he makes a furrender in truft of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exift in total Jndependr ence of it; and exift in much greater clearnefsf and in a much greater degree...
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...him.— • That he may secure some liberty, he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may...abstract perfection is their practical defect. By having aright to every thing they want every thing. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...him. That he may secure some liberty, he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may...perfection is their practical defect. By having a right to every thing they want every thing. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human...
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A Comparative Display of the Different Opinions of the Most ..., Volume 2

France - 1811 - 662 pages
...him. That he may fecure fome liberty, he makes a furrender in truft of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may and do exift in total independence of it; and exift in much greater clearnefs, and in a much greater degree...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - France - 1814 - 258 pages
...him. That he may secure some liberty, he makes a surrender in trust of the whole of it. Government is not made in virtue of natural rights, which may...perfection is their practical defect. By having a right to every thing they want every thing. Government is a con.trivance of human wisdom to provide for human...
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