The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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Page 81
... frequently inter- rupted by the faults which are discovered in the most finished compositions . Before I leave this subject , I cannot help taking notice of an opinion which many persons entertain , as if the taste were a separate ...
... frequently inter- rupted by the faults which are discovered in the most finished compositions . Before I leave this subject , I cannot help taking notice of an opinion which many persons entertain , as if the taste were a separate ...
Page 118
... frequently addressed with the itle of dread majesty . And it may be observed that young persons , little acquainted with the world , and who have not been used to approach men in power , are commonly struck with an awe which takes away ...
... frequently addressed with the itle of dread majesty . And it may be observed that young persons , little acquainted with the world , and who have not been used to approach men in power , are commonly struck with an awe which takes away ...
Page 341
... frequently by that of a few , and those a sort of favourites ; they have been directed by the opinion of one or two merchants , who were to merit in flatteries and to be paid in contracts ; who frequently advised , not for the general ...
... frequently by that of a few , and those a sort of favourites ; they have been directed by the opinion of one or two merchants , who were to merit in flatteries and to be paid in contracts ; who frequently advised , not for the general ...
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