The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 |
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Page 140
... measures , which operate mechanically ; from the operation of custom ; or from the fitness which some measures have to answer some particular ends of conveniency . Our business therefore is to inquire whether the parts of those objects ...
... measures , which operate mechanically ; from the operation of custom ; or from the fitness which some measures have to answer some particular ends of conveniency . Our business therefore is to inquire whether the parts of those objects ...
Page 146
... measures , and relation . But , as we have before observed , amidst this infinite diversity , one particular is common to many species : several of the individuals which com- pose them are capable of affecting us with a sense of ...
... measures , and relation . But , as we have before observed , amidst this infinite diversity , one particular is common to many species : several of the individuals which com- pose them are capable of affecting us with a sense of ...
Page 327
... measures ? If they had been so inclined , the ruinous nature of those measures , which began instantly to appear , would not have permitted it . Scarcely had they entered into office , when letters arrived from all parts of America ...
... measures ? If they had been so inclined , the ruinous nature of those measures , which began instantly to appear , would not have permitted it . Scarcely had they entered into office , when letters arrived from all parts of America ...
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