The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page iii
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " • • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " • • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
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... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristocratic form ; but it is well known that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only politically ...
... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristocratic form ; but it is well known that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only politically ...
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... present age , with our present passions , can possibly pretend to . For my part , I quit it without a sigh , and submit to the sovereign order without murmuring . The nearer we approach to the goal of life , the better we begin to ...
... present age , with our present passions , can possibly pretend to . For my part , I quit it without a sigh , and submit to the sovereign order without murmuring . The nearer we approach to the goal of life , the better we begin to ...
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... present to different men different images of things , this scep- tical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to entertain a doubt ...
... present to different men different images of things , this scep- tical proceeding will make every sort of reasoning on every subject vain and frivolous , even that sceptical reasoning itself which had persuaded us to entertain a doubt ...
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... present themselves to the palate as they do to the sight ; they are generally applied to it , either as food or as medicine ; and from the qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes they often form the palate by ...
... present themselves to the palate as they do to the sight ; they are generally applied to it , either as food or as medicine ; and from the qualities which they possess for nutritive or medicinal purposes they often form the palate by ...
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