The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 7Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... 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 delight yourselves in varying to infinity the fashion of them . But the ground for 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 delight yourselves in varying to infinity the fashion of them . But the ground for a ...
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... considerable degree of danger . Take them which way you will , they are pressed with ugly alternatives . 1st . All penal laws are either upon popular pros- ecution , or on the part of the crown . Now if they may be roused from their ...
... considerable degree of danger . Take them which way you will , they are pressed with ugly alternatives . 1st . All penal laws are either upon popular pros- ecution , or on the part of the crown . Now if they may be roused from their ...
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... considerably . It is avarice by proxy ; it is avarice not working by itself or for it- self , but through the medium of parental affection , meaning to procure good to its offspring . But the contest is not between love and avarice ...
... considerably . It is avarice by proxy ; it is avarice not working by itself or for it- self , but through the medium of parental affection , meaning to procure good to its offspring . But the contest is not between love and avarice ...
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... considerable difference in the manners and usages of the nations they divided . If we turn our eyes to the northward of these boundaries , a vast mass of solid continent lies be- fore us , stretched out from the remotest shore of ...
... considerable difference in the manners and usages of the nations they divided . If we turn our eyes to the northward of these boundaries , a vast mass of solid continent lies be- fore us , stretched out from the remotest shore of ...
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... considerable obstacle to hostile incur sions . Originally it was all inhabited but by one sort of people , known by one common denomination of Scythians . As the several tribes of this compre- hensive name lay in many parts greatly ...
... considerable obstacle to hostile incur sions . Originally it was all inhabited but by one sort of people , known by one common denomination of Scythians . As the several tribes of this compre- hensive name lay in many parts greatly ...
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