The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 14
... respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to pro- vide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther ...
... respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to pro- vide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther ...
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... respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade ; by their massacre at Amboyna , acted on the stage to provoke the public vengeance ; nor by declamations against the in ...
... respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade ; by their massacre at Amboyna , acted on the stage to provoke the public vengeance ; nor by declamations against the in ...
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... respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened . I owe the gentlemen who compose it my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in ...
... respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened . I owe the gentlemen who compose it my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in ...
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... respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I attempt to take security against it . The only method which has ever been found effectual to preserve any man against the corruption of nature and example , is an habit of life and ...
... respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I attempt to take security against it . The only method which has ever been found effectual to preserve any man against the corruption of nature and example , is an habit of life and ...
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... respects to the Society , and to assure them , that it was altogether unneces- sary to remind me of the interest of the constituents . I have never regarded anything else since I had a seat in parliament . Having frequently and maturely ...
... respects to the Society , and to assure them , that it was altogether unneces- sary to remind me of the interest of the constituents . I have never regarded anything else since I had a seat in parliament . Having frequently and maturely ...
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