The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... present age , and to as late a posterity as shall take any concern in the proceedings of our day , that by one book he has disgraced the whole tenour of his life . Thus they dismiss their old partner of the war . He is advised to retire ...
... present age , and to as late a posterity as shall take any concern in the proceedings of our day , that by one book he has disgraced the whole tenour of his life . Thus they dismiss their old partner of the war . He is advised to retire ...
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... present purpose to define . The present question has nothing to do with their motives ; it only regards the 4 AN APPEAL FROM.
... present purpose to define . The present question has nothing to do with their motives ; it only regards the 4 AN APPEAL FROM.
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... present state of things in France is not a transient evil , productive , as some have too favourably represented it , of a lasting good ; but that the present evil is only the means of producing future and ( if that were possible ) ...
... present state of things in France is not a transient evil , productive , as some have too favourably represented it , of a lasting good ; but that the present evil is only the means of producing future and ( if that were possible ) ...
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... present case a system declared to be far better , and which certainly is much newer , ( to restless and unstable minds no small recommendation , ) was held out to the admiration of the good people of England . In that case , it was ...
... present case a system declared to be far better , and which certainly is much newer , ( to restless and unstable minds no small recommendation , ) was held out to the admiration of the good people of England . In that case , it was ...
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... present happiness of millions of people , and to the utter ruin of several hundreds of thousands . In their political arrangements , men have no right to put the well - being of the present generation wholly out of the question ...
... present happiness of millions of people , and to the utter ruin of several hundreds of thousands . In their political arrangements , men have no right to put the well - being of the present generation wholly out of the question ...
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