The works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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Page 10
... less their duty that it 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 ...
... less their duty that it 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 ...
Page 20
... less during its continuancc * . ” If any one be willing to see to how much greater lengths the author carries these ideas , he will recur to the book . This is sufficient for a specimen of his manner of thinking . I believe one ...
... less during its continuancc * . ” If any one be willing to see to how much greater lengths the author carries these ideas , he will recur to the book . This is sufficient for a specimen of his manner of thinking . I believe one ...
Page 21
... less for our honour , but on every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his representation of things , the queftion is only concerning the most easy fall . France had not discovered , our statesman ...
... less for our honour , but on every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his representation of things , the queftion is only concerning the most easy fall . France had not discovered , our statesman ...
Page 22
... less exhausted by expence . If her crcdit is destroyed , she is the less oppressed with debt . If her troops are cut to pieces , they will by her policy ( and a wonderful policy it is ) be improved , and will be supplied with much ...
... less exhausted by expence . If her crcdit is destroyed , she is the less oppressed with debt . If her troops are cut to pieces , they will by her policy ( and a wonderful policy it is ) be improved , and will be supplied with much ...
Page 33
... less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I then affirm that , if in time of war our trade had VOL . II . D the the ...
... less solicitous whether his fact be true or no , than whether his principle is well established . Cases are dead things , principles are living and productive . I then affirm that , if in time of war our trade had VOL . II . D the the ...
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