The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... attempting to raise public expectations by great promises . At this time , there is much cause to consider , and very little to presume . We seem to be ap- proaching to a great crisis in our affairs , which calls for the whole wisdom of ...
... attempting to raise public expectations by great promises . At this time , there is much cause to consider , and very little to presume . We seem to be ap- proaching to a great crisis in our affairs , which calls for the whole wisdom of ...
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... attempt for a general massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to exterminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman himself , who now complains , and who ...
... attempt for a general massacre of suffrages ; an attempt , by a promiscuous carnage of friends and foes , to exterminate above two thousand votes , including seven hundred polled for the gentleman himself , who now complains , and who ...
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... attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with these thoughts , by degrees I felt myself more firm . I ...
... attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with these thoughts , by degrees I felt myself more firm . I ...
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... attempt to separate them , would tear to pieces the contexture of the whole ; and if not entirely destroy , would very much depreciate the value of all the parts . I therefore consider these three denominations to be , what in effect ...
... attempt to separate them , would tear to pieces the contexture of the whole ; and if not entirely destroy , would very much depreciate the value of all the parts . I therefore consider these three denominations to be , what in effect ...
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... attempt to mend it ; and our sin far more salutary than our penitence . These , Sir , are my reasons for not entertaining that high opinion of untried force , by which many gentlemen , for 37 whose sentiments in other particulars I have ...
... attempt to mend it ; and our sin far more salutary than our penitence . These , Sir , are my reasons for not entertaining that high opinion of untried force , by which many gentlemen , for 37 whose sentiments in other particulars I have ...
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