The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 32
... doctrines , on the whole , are so inap- plicable to real life and manners , that we never dream of drawing from them any rule for laws or conduct , or for fortifying or illustrating anything by a refer- ence to his opinions . They have ...
... doctrines , on the whole , are so inap- plicable to real life and manners , that we never dream of drawing from them any rule for laws or conduct , or for fortifying or illustrating anything by a refer- ence to his opinions . They have ...
Page 65
... doctrine which supports it is to be received , it is not my present purpose to define . The present question has nothing to do with their motives ; it only regards the public expression of their sentiments . The author is compelled ...
... doctrine which supports it is to be received , it is not my present purpose to define . The present question has nothing to do with their motives ; it only regards the public expression of their sentiments . The author is compelled ...
Page 66
... doctrine of his book , or favorable to his con- duct , lurks in the minds of any persons in that de- scription , it is to be considered only as a peculiarity which they indulge to their own private liberty of thinking . The author ...
... doctrine of his book , or favorable to his con- duct , lurks in the minds of any persons in that de- scription , it is to be considered only as a peculiarity which they indulge to their own private liberty of thinking . The author ...
Page 68
... doctrines to be the current opinions of the majority in the nation , they would have put the question on its true issue . There , I hope and believe , his cen- surers will find , on the trial , that the author is as faithful a ...
... doctrines to be the current opinions of the majority in the nation , they would have put the question on its true issue . There , I hope and believe , his cen- surers will find , on the trial , that the author is as faithful a ...
Page 90
... doctrine , Mr. Burke never attempted , in any one particular , either to criminate or to recriminate . It may be said that he had nothing of the kind in his power . This he does not controvert . He certainly had it not in his ...
... doctrine , Mr. Burke never attempted , in any one particular , either to criminate or to recriminate . It may be said that he had nothing of the kind in his power . This he does not controvert . He certainly had it not in his ...
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