The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... 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 this temper , men 12 AN APPEAL FROM.
... 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 this temper , men 12 AN APPEAL FROM.
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... spirit , which I so perfectly detest , if I were to pin down the language of an eloquent and ardent mind to the punctilious exactness of a pleader . Then Mr. Fox did not mean to applaud that monstrous thing , which , by the courtesy of ...
... spirit , which I so perfectly detest , if I were to pin down the language of an eloquent and ardent mind to the punctilious exactness of a pleader . Then Mr. Fox did not mean to applaud that monstrous thing , which , by the courtesy of ...
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... spirit of liberty , as might be expected one day to break all bounds . Such gentlemen have since had more reason to repent of their want of foresight than I hope any of the same class will ever have in this country . But this spirit was ...
... spirit of liberty , as might be expected one day to break all bounds . Such gentlemen have since had more reason to repent of their want of foresight than I hope any of the same class will ever have in this country . But this spirit was ...
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... spirit of the whole work unfavourable to a rational and gener- ous spirit of liberty ; unless a warm opposition to the spirit of levelling , to the spirit of impiety , to the spirit of proscrip- tion , plunder , murder , and cannibalism ...
... spirit of the whole work unfavourable to a rational and gener- ous spirit of liberty ; unless a warm opposition to the spirit of levelling , to the spirit of impiety , to the spirit of proscrip- tion , plunder , murder , and cannibalism ...
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Edmund Burke. the form and spirit of republics very early in life ; he has studied them with great attention ; and with a mind undis- turbed by affection or prejudice . He is indeed convinced that the science of government would be ...
Edmund Burke. the form and spirit of republics very early in life ; he has studied them with great attention ; and with a mind undis- turbed by affection or prejudice . He is indeed convinced that the science of government would be ...
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