The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page xiii
... 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 being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the ...
... 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 being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the ...
Page xv
... least , will be filled with his letters to public men on public affairs , especially those of France . This supplement will be sent to the press without delay . Mr. Burke's more familiar correspondence will be reserved as authorities to ...
... least , will be filled with his letters to public men on public affairs , especially those of France . This supplement will be sent to the press without delay . Mr. Burke's more familiar correspondence will be reserved as authorities to ...
Page 3
... least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science precisely in their former places : and they thought they received but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in seeing ...
... least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science precisely in their former places : and they thought they received but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in seeing ...
Page 13
... imaginations promise . In such a discussion , far am I from proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
... imaginations promise . In such a discussion , far am I from proposing in the least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
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... least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will , therefore , be very ...
... least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will , therefore , be very ...
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