The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... virtue , are not in the class of infamous actions . Lord Coke , the oracle of the English law , conforms to that general sense where he says , that " those things which are of the highest criminality may be of the least disgrace . " The ...
... virtue , are not in the class of infamous actions . Lord Coke , the oracle of the English law , conforms to that general sense where he says , that " those things which are of the highest criminality may be of the least disgrace . " The ...
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... virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle precisely . But it ought to be the constant aim of every wise public council , to find out by ...
... virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle precisely . But it ought to be the constant aim of every wise public council , to find out by ...
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... virtue . I had then , and I have still , my partialities . What parliament gave up , I wished to be given as of grace , and favour , and affection , and not as a restitution of stolen goods . High dignity relented as it was soothed ...
... virtue . I had then , and I have still , my partialities . What parliament gave up , I wished to be given as of grace , and favour , and affection , and not as a restitution of stolen goods . High dignity relented as it was soothed ...
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... virtue . I have seen not a little public spirit ; a real subordination of interest to duty ; and a decent and regulated sensibility to honest fame and reputa- tion . The age unquestionably produces ( whether in a greater or less number ...
... virtue . I have seen not a little public spirit ; a real subordination of interest to duty ; and a decent and regulated sensibility to honest fame and reputa- tion . The age unquestionably produces ( whether in a greater or less number ...
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... virtue of middle or humble life ; that is , we may place our confidence in the virtue of those who have never been tried . But if the per- sons who are continually emerging out of that sphere , be no better than those whom birth has ...
... virtue of middle or humble life ; that is , we may place our confidence in the virtue of those who have never been tried . But if the per- sons who are continually emerging out of that sphere , be no better than those whom birth has ...
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