The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page xiii
... degree to amend , and he hoped that Providence might have spared him at least to complete the larger public let- ter , which he then proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this Letter a fourth was mentioned as ...
... degree to amend , and he hoped that Providence might have spared him at least to complete the larger public let- ter , which he then proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this Letter a fourth was mentioned as ...
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... degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what ...
... degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what ...
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... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had a happier issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on account of their pride and insolence . Furious in their ...
... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had a happier issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on account of their pride and insolence . Furious in their ...
Page 62
... degree of labor ; therefore there is no sla- very . Neither is there any luxury , because no sin- gle man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and therefore it is happy . I am conscious , my lord , that your politician will ...
... degree of labor ; therefore there is no sla- very . Neither is there any luxury , because no sin- gle man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and therefore it is happy . I am conscious , my lord , that your politician will ...
Page 64
... degrees . Show me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theolo- gians , and I will show you a hundred resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Show me an absurdity in religion , and I will ...
... degrees . Show me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theolo- gians , and I will show you a hundred resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Show me an absurdity in religion , and I will ...
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