The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page xii
... pain- ful responsibility , to make such an attempt as he could at supplying the void ; especially because the insuffi- ciency of our resources for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged ...
... pain- ful responsibility , to make such an attempt as he could at supplying the void ; especially because the insuffi- ciency of our resources for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged ...
Page 6
... painful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of consid- erations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a pro- found subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of ...
... painful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of consid- erations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a pro- found subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of ...
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... pains to consider the nature of society will find that they result directly from its constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the reciprocation of tyranny and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the ...
... pains to consider the nature of society will find that they result directly from its constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the reciprocation of tyranny and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ; the ...
Page 61
... pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , unwilling and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of relishing , real ...
... pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , unwilling and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of relishing , real ...
Page 69
... pains for its im- provement . Though I have not found sufficient rea- son , or what appeared to me sufficient , for making any material change in my theory , I have found it necessary in many places to explain , illustrate , and enforce ...
... pains for its im- provement . Though I have not found sufficient rea- son , or what appeared to me sufficient , for making any material change in my theory , I have found it necessary in many places to explain , illustrate , and enforce ...
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