The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... nature of things , be liable . If you lie still , you are considered as an accomplice in the measures in which you silently ac- quiesce . If you resist , you are accused of provoking irritable power to new excesses . The conduct of a ...
... nature of things , be liable . If you lie still , you are considered as an accomplice in the measures in which you silently ac- quiesce . If you resist , you are accused of provoking irritable power to new excesses . The conduct of a ...
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... nature than that of the Turk ; yet , on mere motives of policy , that prince has interposed , with the threat of all his force , to snatch even the Turk from the pounces of the Impe- rial eagle . If this is done in favor of a barbarous ...
... nature than that of the Turk ; yet , on mere motives of policy , that prince has interposed , with the threat of all his force , to snatch even the Turk from the pounces of the Impe- rial eagle . If this is done in favor of a barbarous ...
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... nature . They indulge their genius even to intemperance , in kindness to the afflicted , in generosity to the conquered , forbearing insults , forgiving injuries , overpaying benefits . Full of dignity themselves , they respect dignity ...
... nature . They indulge their genius even to intemperance , in kindness to the afflicted , in generosity to the conquered , forbearing insults , forgiving injuries , overpaying benefits . Full of dignity themselves , they respect dignity ...
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... nature , that impels them . They are modern philos- ophers , which when you say of them , you express everything that is ignoble , savage , and hard - hearted . Besides the sure tokens which are given by the spir- it of their particular ...
... nature , that impels them . They are modern philos- ophers , which when you say of them , you express everything that is ignoble , savage , and hard - hearted . Besides the sure tokens which are given by the spir- it of their particular ...
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... nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age . Uncertain indeed is the efficacy , limited indeed is the extent , of a virtuous institution . But if education takes in ...
... nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age . Uncertain indeed is the efficacy , limited indeed is the extent , of a virtuous institution . But if education takes in ...
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