The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... to their imita- tion . I conceived that the true character of those plans would be best collected from the committee ap- pointed to prepare them . I thought that the scheme of their building would be better comprehended in the design.
... to their imita- tion . I conceived that the true character of those plans would be best collected from the committee ap- pointed to prepare them . I thought that the scheme of their building would be better comprehended in the design.
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... true , the fraud may be swallowed after this discovery , and perhaps even swallowed the more greedily for being a detected fraud . Men some- times make a point of honor not to be disabused ; and they had rather fall into an hundred ...
... true , the fraud may be swallowed after this discovery , and perhaps even swallowed the more greedily for being a detected fraud . Men some- times make a point of honor not to be disabused ; and they had rather fall into an hundred ...
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... true : for they have brought it to a state of poverty and persecution . What can be hoped for after this ? Have not men , ( if they deserve the name , ) under this new hope and head of the Church , been made bishops for no other merit ...
... true : for they have brought it to a state of poverty and persecution . What can be hoped for after this ? Have not men , ( if they deserve the name , ) under this new hope and head of the Church , been made bishops for no other merit ...
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... much further in supporting their power and destroy- ing their enemies . They have therefore chosen a selfish , flattering , seductive , ostentatious vice , in the place of plain duty . True humility , the basis OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY .
... much further in supporting their power and destroy- ing their enemies . They have therefore chosen a selfish , flattering , seductive , ostentatious vice , in the place of plain duty . True humility , the basis OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY .
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Edmund Burke. place of plain duty . True humility , the basis of the Christian system , is the low , but deep and firm foundation of all real virtue . But this , as very pain- ful in the practice , and little imposing in the appear- ance ...
Edmund Burke. place of plain duty . True humility , the basis of the Christian system , is the low , but deep and firm foundation of all real virtue . But this , as very pain- ful in the practice , and little imposing in the appear- ance ...
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