The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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Page xi
... whole topic , indeed , nearly as it stands in the three hundred and seventy - third and fourth pages , ‡ was * The former comprising the matter included between the para- graph commencing , " I hear it has been said , " & c . , and that ...
... whole topic , indeed , nearly as it stands in the three hundred and seventy - third and fourth pages , ‡ was * The former comprising the matter included between the para- graph commencing , " I hear it has been said , " & c . , and that ...
Page xv
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most mem- orable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisi- tion of one empire in the East , the loss of another in the West , and the total subversion of the ancient sys ...
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most mem- orable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisi- tion of one empire in the East , the loss of another in the West , and the total subversion of the ancient sys ...
Page xvii
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works by which Mr. Burke was known previous to the commencement of his public life as a statesman , and the political pieces which ...
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works by which Mr. Burke was known previous to the commencement of his public life as a statesman , and the political pieces which ...
Page 12
... whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ...
... whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ...
Page 18
... a glance the carnage which was made . at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed ; but no sooner had 18 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... a glance the carnage which was made . at the whole , and you will agree with me , that to form this hero no less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed ; but no sooner had 18 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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