The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the community , but which , with some other papers , have ...
... tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the community , but which , with some other papers , have ...
Page xiv
... tion than his friends on consideration have thought allowable would be necessary to adapt it to that place in the series for which it was ultimately de- signed by the author . This piece , therefore , ad- dressed , as the title ...
... tion than his friends on consideration have thought allowable would be necessary to adapt it to that place in the series for which it was ultimately de- signed by the author . This piece , therefore , ad- dressed , as the title ...
Page xvi
... a respect and kindness to his memory which will be thankfully acknowledged by those friends to whom , in dying , he committed the sacred trust of his reputa- tion . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND OCTAVO EDITION . * A NEW xvi ADVERTISEMENT .
... a respect and kindness to his memory which will be thankfully acknowledged by those friends to whom , in dying , he committed the sacred trust of his reputa- tion . ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND OCTAVO EDITION . * A NEW xvi ADVERTISEMENT .
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... tion of our most excellent Church . Both , I am sen- sible , have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and government is examined , the more ...
... tion of our most excellent Church . Both , I am sen- sible , have their foundations on a rock . No discovery of truth can prejudice them . On the contrary , the more closely the origin of religion and government is examined , the more ...
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... tion of their own armies to those of the ancient in- habitants . In short , it were hardly possible to con- ceive a more horrid and bloody picture , if that the Punic wars that ensued soon after did not present one that far exceeds it ...
... tion of their own armies to those of the ancient in- habitants . In short , it were hardly possible to con- ceive a more horrid and bloody picture , if that the Punic wars that ensued soon after did not present one that far exceeds it ...
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