The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page xii
... considered them with attention : but for anything beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of All , against whose inscrutable counsels it is vain as well as impious to murmur , did not permit him to enter on the ...
... considered them with attention : but for anything beyond this the season was now past . The Supreme Disposer of All , against whose inscrutable counsels it is vain as well as impious to murmur , did not permit him to enter on the ...
Page xviii
... was , that , whenever Mr. Burke could be per- ceived to have been uniform in his mode of spelling , that was considered as decisive ; but where he varied , ( and as he was in the habit of writing xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
... was , that , whenever Mr. Burke could be per- ceived to have been uniform in his mode of spelling , that was considered as decisive ; but where he varied , ( and as he was in the habit of writing xviii ADVERTISEMENT .
Page 21
... considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our atten- tion from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are not taken into the account . These wars , I mean those called the Punic wars , could ...
... considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our atten- tion from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are not taken into the account . These wars , I mean those called the Punic wars , could ...
Page 33
... considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and indepen- dent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferior ...
... considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and indepen- dent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferior ...
Page 71
... considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to pass over both the premises and conclusion in silence , and to produce , as an objec tion , some poetical passage which does not seem ...
... considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to pass over both the premises and conclusion in silence , and to produce , as an objec tion , some poetical passage which does not seem ...
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