The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... REFLECTIONS On the RevoluTION IN FRANCE , AND ON THE PRO- CEEDINGS OF CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT 277 LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY • . 519 b A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS , ESQRS.
... REFLECTIONS On the RevoluTION IN FRANCE , AND ON THE PRO- CEEDINGS OF CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT 277 LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY • . 519 b A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS , ESQRS.
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... society , all equity and justice , re- ligion and order . Civil freedom , gentlemen , is not , as many have endeavoured to persuade you , a thing that lies hid in the depth of ab- struse science . It is a blessing and a benefit , not an ...
... society , all equity and justice , re- ligion and order . Civil freedom , gentlemen , is not , as many have endeavoured to persuade you , a thing that lies hid in the depth of ab- struse science . It is a blessing and a benefit , not an ...
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... society to be taken up as the best method of gratifying low , personal pride , or ambitious interest , he is mistaken ; and he knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in the slightest degree ...
... society to be taken up as the best method of gratifying low , personal pride , or ambitious interest , he is mistaken ; and he knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in the slightest degree ...
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... society , and cannot long be joined without in some de- gree assimilating to it . Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact ; and the public stock of honest , manly principle will daily accumulate . We are not too nicely to ...
... society , and cannot long be joined without in some de- gree assimilating to it . Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact ; and the public stock of honest , manly principle will daily accumulate . We are not too nicely to ...
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... SOCIETY OF MERCHANTS ADVENTURERS OF BRISTOL . SIR , I am honoured with your letter of the 13th , in answer to mine , which accompanied the resolutions of the House relative to the trade of Ireland . You will be so good as to present my ...
... SOCIETY OF MERCHANTS ADVENTURERS OF BRISTOL . SIR , I am honoured with your letter of the 13th , in answer to mine , which accompanied the resolutions of the House relative to the trade of Ireland . You will be so good as to present my ...
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