The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... favor of what , on the very proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find ...
... favor of what , on the very proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find ...
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... favor- ite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he governs the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are two courts , and two interests ; both very different from the interests of 32 A ...
... favor- ite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he governs the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are two courts , and two interests ; both very different from the interests of 32 A ...
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... favor of political society . You will not fail to show how the errors of the several simple modes are corrected by a mixture of all of them , and a proper balance of the several powers in such a state . I confess , my lord , that this ...
... favor of political society . You will not fail to show how the errors of the several simple modes are corrected by a mixture of all of them , and a proper balance of the several powers in such a state . I confess , my lord , that this ...
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... favor were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unreasonable desire , but because this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more points I am far from spreading to ...
... favor were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unreasonable desire , but because this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more points I am far from spreading to ...
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... favor . But hold -a sagacious commander , in the adversary's army , has found a flaw in the proceeding . My triumph is turned into mourning . I have used or , instead of and , or some mistake , small in appearance , but dread- ful in ...
... favor . But hold -a sagacious commander , in the adversary's army , has found a flaw in the proceeding . My triumph is turned into mourning . I have used or , instead of and , or some mistake , small in appearance , but dread- ful in ...
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