The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page 6
... sensible of our blind- And this we must do , or we do nothing , when- ever we examine the result of a reason which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the ...
... sensible of our blind- And this we must do , or we do nothing , when- ever we examine the result of a reason which is not our own . Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what would become of the world , if the ...
Page 34
... sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is preferable ; and yet this species of government , so justly condemned , and so generally detested , is what infinitely the greater part of mankind ...
... sensible and generous men , who carry it yet further , and avow that death itself is preferable ; and yet this species of government , so justly condemned , and so generally detested , is what infinitely the greater part of mankind ...
Page 49
... far from spreading to their full extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a VOL . I. loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 49.
... far from spreading to their full extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a VOL . I. loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 49.
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... sensible , and they have brought it into a maxim . De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa . But what could have induced them to reverse the rules , and to contradict that reason which dictated them , I am utterly unable to guess . A ...
... sensible , and they have brought it into a maxim . De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa . But what could have induced them to reverse the rules , and to contradict that reason which dictated them , I am utterly unable to guess . A ...
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... sensible of no other wants , which are not to be supplied by a very moderate degree of labor ; therefore there is no sla- very . Neither is there any luxury , because no sin- gle man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and ...
... sensible of no other wants , which are not to be supplied by a very moderate degree of labor ; therefore there is no sla- very . Neither is there any luxury , because no sin- gle man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and ...
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