The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... character of the gentlemen who have brought in a petition so decent in the style of it , and so constitutional in the mode . Besides the unim- peachable integrity and piety of many of the pro- moters of this petition , which render ...
... character of the gentlemen who have brought in a petition so decent in the style of it , and so constitutional in the mode . Besides the unim- peachable integrity and piety of many of the pro- moters of this petition , which render ...
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... characters of human frailty . But it is not human frailty and imperfection , and even a considerable degree of them , that becomes a ground for your alteration ; for by no alteration will you get rid of those errors , however you may ...
... characters of human frailty . But it is not human frailty and imperfection , and even a considerable degree of them , that becomes a ground for your alteration ; for by no alteration will you get rid of those errors , however you may ...
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... character , and under what temporary circumstances , this business is brought before you . We are to see whether there be any and what mixture of political dogmas and political practices with their religious tenets , of what nature they ...
... character , and under what temporary circumstances , this business is brought before you . We are to see whether there be any and what mixture of political dogmas and political practices with their religious tenets , of what nature they ...
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... character at all . in the nostrils of the people . not only without virtue , but without shame . There- fore the greatness of our power , and the great and just opinion of our corruptibility and our corruption , render it necessary to ...
... character at all . in the nostrils of the people . not only without virtue , but without shame . There- fore the greatness of our power , and the great and just opinion of our corruptibility and our corruption , render it necessary to ...
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... character : but I do ; and I know it will have its weight in most elections , perhaps it may be decisive in some ; but there are few in which it will prevent great expenses . The destruction of independent fortunes will be the ...
... character : but I do ; and I know it will have its weight in most elections , perhaps it may be decisive in some ; but there are few in which it will prevent great expenses . The destruction of independent fortunes will be the ...
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