The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 28
... natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
Page 34
... cause of all men's misery . " They therefore changed their former method , and assembling the men in their several societies the most respectable for their understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the public ...
... cause of all men's misery . " They therefore changed their former method , and assembling the men in their several societies the most respectable for their understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the public ...
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... cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended natural religion against a confederacy of atheists and divines . I now plead for natural society against politicians , and for natural reason against all three ...
... cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended natural religion against a confederacy of atheists and divines . I now plead for natural society against politicians , and for natural reason against all three ...
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Edmund Burke. own cause . nature , and turned our reason against itself , in that proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we penetrate into the labyrinth of art , the further we find ourselves ...
Edmund Burke. own cause . nature , and turned our reason against itself , in that proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we penetrate into the labyrinth of art , the further we find ourselves ...
Page 54
... cause . My cause , which two farm- ers from the plough could have decided in half an hour , takes the court twenty years . I am however at the end of my labor , and have in reward for all my toil and vexation a judgment in my favor ...
... cause . My cause , which two farm- ers from the plough could have decided in half an hour , takes the court twenty years . I am however at the end of my labor , and have in reward for all my toil and vexation a judgment in my favor ...
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