The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... possessed qualities fitted to perpetuate the memory of his offence . Oblivion would be the only means of his escaping the reproaches of posterity . But , after receiving the com- mon allowance due to the common weakness of man , he ...
... possessed qualities fitted to perpetuate the memory of his offence . Oblivion would be the only means of his escaping the reproaches of posterity . But , after receiving the com- mon allowance due to the common weakness of man , he ...
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... possessed in this country of the same power which their allies in the very next to us have so perfidiously usurped , and so outrageously abused ? Is it inhuman to prevent , if possible , the spilling of their blood , or imprudent to ...
... possessed in this country of the same power which their allies in the very next to us have so perfidiously usurped , and so outrageously abused ? Is it inhuman to prevent , if possible , the spilling of their blood , or imprudent to ...
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... possessed benefit , from the very circumstance that it is become habitual . Specious , untried , ambiguous prospects of new advantage , recommend themselves to the spirit of adventure , which more or less prevails in every mind . From ...
... possessed benefit , from the very circumstance that it is become habitual . Specious , untried , ambiguous prospects of new advantage , recommend themselves to the spirit of adventure , which more or less prevails in every mind . From ...
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... possession , in favour of wild and irrational expectations . What should hinder Mr. Burke , if he thought this temper likely , at one time or other , to prevail in our country , from exposing to a multitude , eager to game , the false ...
... possession , in favour of wild and irrational expectations . What should hinder Mr. Burke , if he thought this temper likely , at one time or other , to prevail in our country , from exposing to a multitude , eager to game , the false ...
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... possessed of such high and perfect au- thority . They had felt nothing from Lettres de Cachet . The Bastile could inspire no horrors into them . This was a treat for their betters . It was by art and impulse ; it was by the sinister use ...
... possessed of such high and perfect au- thority . They had felt nothing from Lettres de Cachet . The Bastile could inspire no horrors into them . This was a treat for their betters . It was by art and impulse ; it was by the sinister use ...
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