The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 37
... company . All reverence to honour , all idea of what it is , will be lost out of the world , be- fore it can be imputed as a fault to any man , that he has been closely connected with those incomparable persons , living and dead , with ...
... company . All reverence to honour , all idea of what it is , will be lost out of the world , be- fore it can be imputed as a fault to any man , that he has been closely connected with those incomparable persons , living and dead , with ...
Page 71
... company , they are obliged to throw a variety of parts on their chief performer ; so our sovereign condescends himself to act not only the principal , but all the subordinate , parts in the play . He condescends to dissipate the royal ...
... company , they are obliged to throw a variety of parts on their chief performer ; so our sovereign condescends himself to act not only the principal , but all the subordinate , parts in the play . He condescends to dissipate the royal ...
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... company . They are so elevated above all the rest of mankind , that they must look upon all their subjects as on a level . They are rather apt to hate than to love their nobility , on account of the oc- casional resistance to their will ...
... company . They are so elevated above all the rest of mankind , that they must look upon all their subjects as on a level . They are rather apt to hate than to love their nobility , on account of the oc- casional resistance to their will ...
Page 124
... company which , if it does not destroy our innocence , pollutes our honour ; let us free ourselves at once from everything that can increase their suspicions , and inflame their just resentment ; let us cast away from us , with a ...
... company which , if it does not destroy our innocence , pollutes our honour ; let us free ourselves at once from everything that can increase their suspicions , and inflame their just resentment ; let us cast away from us , with a ...
Page 143
... company . I had heard , that the spirit of discontent on that subject was very preva- lent here . With pleasure I find that I have been grossly misinformed . If it exists at all in this city , the laws have crushed its exertions , and ...
... company . I had heard , that the spirit of discontent on that subject was very preva- lent here . With pleasure I find that I have been grossly misinformed . If it exists at all in this city , the laws have crushed its exertions , and ...
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