The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... regard has been paid to chrono- logical order , which , in the last edition , was in some instances broken , to insert pieces that were not dis- covered till it was too late to introduce them in their proper places . In the Appendix to ...
... regard has been paid to chrono- logical order , which , in the last edition , was in some instances broken , to insert pieces that were not dis- covered till it was too late to introduce them in their proper places . In the Appendix to ...
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... regard for one of these , would you not hide that distinction ? You would not pray him to compassionate the poor Frenchman , or the unhappy German . Far from it ; you would speak of him as a foreigner ; an accident to which all are ...
... regard for one of these , would you not hide that distinction ? You would not pray him to compassionate the poor Frenchman , or the unhappy German . Far from it ; you would speak of him as a foreigner ; an accident to which all are ...
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... regard of a tyrant is as unconstant and capricious as that of a woman ; and concluding his time to be short , he makes haste to fill up the measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue to the throne is ...
... regard of a tyrant is as unconstant and capricious as that of a woman ; and concluding his time to be short , he makes haste to fill up the measure of his iniquity , in rapine , in luxury , and in revenge . Every avenue to the throne is ...
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... regard the natural rights of man- kind , they must appear , in reality and truth , no bet- ter than pitiful and oppressive oligarchies . After so fair an examen , wherein nothing has been exaggerated ; no fact produced which cannot be ...
... regard the natural rights of man- kind , they must appear , in reality and truth , no bet- ter than pitiful and oppressive oligarchies . After so fair an examen , wherein nothing has been exaggerated ; no fact produced which cannot be ...
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... regard to the Passions . • [ IV ] The Same Subject continued 133 134 V. Power VI . Privation VII . Vastness VIII . Infinity • IX . Succession and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in Pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty ...
... regard to the Passions . • [ IV ] The Same Subject continued 133 134 V. Power VI . Privation VII . Vastness VIII . Infinity • IX . Succession and Uniformity X. Magnitude in Building XI . Infinity in Pleasing Objects XII . Difficulty ...
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