The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... things which touch him more nearly . To abandon them would argue , not diffidence in his abilities , but treachery to his cause . Had his work been recognised as a pattern for dexterous argument and power- ful eloquence , yet if it ...
... things which touch him more nearly . To abandon them would argue , not diffidence in his abilities , but treachery to his cause . Had his work been recognised as a pattern for dexterous argument and power- ful eloquence , yet if it ...
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... things in France did at all deserve the respectable name of a re- public : he had therefore no comparison between ... thing , wholly out of the course of moral nature . He undertook to prove , that it was generated in treachery , fraud ...
... things in France did at all deserve the respectable name of a re- public : he had therefore no comparison between ... thing , wholly out of the course of moral nature . He undertook to prove , that it was generated in treachery , fraud ...
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... 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 ) worse evils . - That ...
... 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 ) worse evils . - That ...
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... thing good in itself , without any sort of reference to the antecedent state of things , or to consequences which result from the change ; without any consideration whether under its ancient rule a country was to a considerable degree ...
... thing good in itself , without any sort of reference to the antecedent state of things , or to consequences which result from the change ; without any consideration whether under its ancient rule a country was to a considerable degree ...
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... things before our eyes , our feelings contradict our theories ; and when this is the case , the feelings are true ... thing parted with , and the value of the thing received in exchange . The burthen of proof lies heavily on those who ...
... things before our eyes , our feelings contradict our theories ; and when this is the case , the feelings are true ... thing parted with , and the value of the thing received in exchange . The burthen of proof lies heavily on those who ...
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