The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... hand , a speech of conspicuous excellence , on his declining the poll at Bristol , in 1780 , is here , for the first time , inserted in its proper place . As the activity of the author's mind , and the lively interest which he took in ...
... hand , a speech of conspicuous excellence , on his declining the poll at Bristol , in 1780 , is here , for the first time , inserted in its proper place . As the activity of the author's mind , and the lively interest which he took in ...
Page viii
... hands , not having reason to think that he kept any other . Neither do I believe in fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- nicated that paper to any one out of ...
... hands , not having reason to think that he kept any other . Neither do I believe in fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- nicated that paper to any one out of ...
Page ix
... obscurity , would have been folly ; and to have passed it over in silent neglect , on the one hand , or , on the other , to have then made any considerable changes in it , might have seemed an abandonment of ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
... obscurity , would have been folly ; and to have passed it over in silent neglect , on the one hand , or , on the other , to have then made any considerable changes in it , might have seemed an abandonment of ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
Page x
... hand . From this , which was found preserved with his other papers , his friends afterwards thought it their duty to give an authen- tic edition . The " Thoughts and Details on Scarcity " were originally presented in the form of a ...
... hand . From this , which was found preserved with his other papers , his friends afterwards thought it their duty to give an authen- tic edition . The " Thoughts and Details on Scarcity " were originally presented in the form of a ...
Page 17
... hands of millions , who know no com- mon principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of ...
... hands of millions , who know no com- mon principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of ...
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