The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 6J. C. Nimmo, 1887 - Great Britain |
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... of the manuscripts , obscured by innumer- able erasures , corrections , interlineations , and mar- ginal insertions , would perhaps have been insuperable to any person less conversant in the manuscripts of Mr. vi PREFACE .
... of the manuscripts , obscured by innumer- able erasures , corrections , interlineations , and mar- ginal insertions , would perhaps have been insuperable to any person less conversant in the manuscripts of Mr. vi PREFACE .
Page vii
Edmund Burke. to any person less conversant in the manuscripts of Mr. Burke than myself . To this difficulty succeeded that of selecting from several detached papers , writ- ten upon the same subject and the same topics , such as ...
Edmund Burke. to any person less conversant in the manuscripts of Mr. Burke than myself . To this difficulty succeeded that of selecting from several detached papers , writ- ten upon the same subject and the same topics , such as ...
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... less general , and subservient to the preceding scheme , are to show , first , that the time of the Re- marks was the favorable time for making that peace upon our side ; secondly , that on the enemy's side their disposition towards the ...
... less general , and subservient to the preceding scheme , are to show , first , that the time of the Re- marks was the favorable time for making that peace upon our side ; secondly , that on the enemy's side their disposition towards the ...
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... less murderous , wick- ed , and atheistical , for the sake of morals ; we may think it were better you were less new - fangled in your speech , for the sake of grammar ; but , as politi- cians , provided you keep clear of monarchy , all ...
... less murderous , wick- ed , and atheistical , for the sake of morals ; we may think it were better you were less new - fangled in your speech , for the sake of grammar ; but , as politi- cians , provided you keep clear of monarchy , all ...
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... less visible there ? It is true , that , in a course of ages , empires have fallen , and , in the opinion of some , not in mine , by their own weight . Sometimes they have been un- questionably embarrassed in their movements by the ...
... less visible there ? It is true , that , in a course of ages , empires have fallen , and , in the opinion of some , not in mine , by their own weight . Sometimes they have been un- questionably embarrassed in their movements by the ...
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