The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... should admit of no decision . It appcars to me , tliat this question , like most of the others which regard our duties in life , is to be determined by our station in it . Private men may be wholly neutral , and entirely innocent ; but ...
... should admit of no decision . It appcars to me , tliat this question , like most of the others which regard our duties in life , is to be determined by our station in it . Private men may be wholly neutral , and entirely innocent ; but ...
Page 10
... should be a fobėr one . It ought to be circumscribed by the same laws of decorum , and balanced by the same temper , which bound and regulate all the virtues . In a word , we ought to act in party with all the moderation which does not ...
... should be a fobėr one . It ought to be circumscribed by the same laws of decorum , and balanced by the same temper , which bound and regulate all the virtues . In a word , we ought to act in party with all the moderation which does not ...
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... should be forgotten ; gotten ; and that enough for the day should be STATE OF TIIE YATION . 11.
... should be forgotten ; gotten ; and that enough for the day should be STATE OF TIIE YATION . 11.
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... should have any effect at all ) it must neceflarily produce . This piece is called , The present State of the Nation . It may be considered as a sort of digest of the avowed maxims of a certain political school , the effects of whose ...
... should have any effect at all ) it must neceflarily produce . This piece is called , The present State of the Nation . It may be considered as a sort of digest of the avowed maxims of a certain political school , the effects of whose ...
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... should only become tharers in our ruin . If it is believed at home , all that firmness of mind , and dignified national courage , which used to be the great support of this isle against the powers of the world , muft melt away , and ...
... should only become tharers in our ruin . If it is believed at home , all that firmness of mind , and dignified national courage , which used to be the great support of this isle against the powers of the world , muft melt away , and ...
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