The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... received the life of a man , and you ought to return a life for it , or there is no parity of fairness in the transaction . If , on the other hand , we admit , that they who are ac- tually exchanged are pardoned , but contend that you ...
... received the life of a man , and you ought to return a life for it , or there is no parity of fairness in the transaction . If , on the other hand , we admit , that they who are ac- tually exchanged are pardoned , but contend that you ...
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... received as a sort of aphorism — and Mr. Hume will not be singular in telling us that the felicity of mankind is no more disturbed by it , than by earthquakes or thunder , or the other more unusual accidents of nature . The act of which ...
... received as a sort of aphorism — and Mr. Hume will not be singular in telling us that the felicity of mankind is no more disturbed by it , than by earthquakes or thunder , or the other more unusual accidents of nature . The act of which ...
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... received obliga- tions , sometimes to return them . Thus by the mediation of those healing principles , ( call them good or evil , ) trouble- some discussions are brought to some sort of adjustment ; and every hot controversy is not a ...
... received obliga- tions , sometimes to return them . Thus by the mediation of those healing principles , ( call them good or evil , ) trouble- some discussions are brought to some sort of adjustment ; and every hot controversy is not a ...
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... received by the malignant credulity of envy and ignorance , which is , that the men who act upon the public stage are all alike ; all equally corrupt ; all influenced by no other views than the sordid lure of salary and pension . The ...
... received by the malignant credulity of envy and ignorance , which is , that the men who act upon the public stage are all alike ; all equally corrupt ; all influenced by no other views than the sordid lure of salary and pension . The ...
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... receiving them in a cold and silent ac- quiescence . Separately considered , they are matters of no very great importance . But they aim , however imperfectly , at a right principle . I submit to the restraint to appease prejudice : I ...
... receiving them in a cold and silent ac- quiescence . Separately considered , they are matters of no very great importance . But they aim , however imperfectly , at a right principle . I submit to the restraint to appease prejudice : I ...
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