The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page vii
... words . The following is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a sick - bed . " MY DEAR LAURENCE , BATH , 15th Feb. , 1797 . " On the appearance of the advertisement , all newspapers and all letters ...
... words . The following is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a sick - bed . " MY DEAR LAURENCE , BATH , 15th Feb. , 1797 . " On the appearance of the advertisement , all newspapers and all letters ...
Page xi
... words , " there were little or no materials " ; and the latter extending through the paragraph concluding with the words , " dis- graced and plagued mankind . " † At the paragraph commencing with the words , " In turning our view from ...
... words , " there were little or no materials " ; and the latter extending through the paragraph concluding with the words , " dis- graced and plagued mankind . " † At the paragraph commencing with the words , " In turning our view from ...
Page xix
... word for another , by which the sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small in- sertions have also been made from a quarto copy cor- rected by Mr. Burke himself . From the same source something more ...
... word for another , by which the sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small in- sertions have also been made from a quarto copy cor- rected by Mr. Burke himself . From the same source something more ...
Page 14
... a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves entitled to alter his lordship's words , but that we are bound to follow him exactly . eral calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; 14 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves entitled to alter his lordship's words , but that we are bound to follow him exactly . eral calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; 14 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... word mention the horrid effects of bigotry and avarice , in the conquest of Spanish America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by ...
... word mention the horrid effects of bigotry and avarice , in the conquest of Spanish America ; a conquest , on a low estimation , effected by the murder of ten millions of the species . I shall draw to a conclusion of this part , by ...
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