The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... considered as decisive ; but , where he varied , ( and as he was in the habit of writing by dictation , and leaving to others the super- intendence of the press , he was peculiarly liable to variations of this sort ) , the best received ...
... considered as decisive ; but , where he varied , ( and as he was in the habit of writing by dictation , and leaving to others the super- intendence of the press , he was peculiarly liable to variations of this sort ) , the best received ...
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... considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are not taken into the account . These wars , I mean those called the Punick wars , could ...
... considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are not taken into the account . These wars , I mean those called the Punick wars , could ...
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... considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferiour ...
... considered as synonymous terms . Even virtue is dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferiour ...
Page 56
... considered , it were in- finitely better to remain possessed by the whole legion of vulgar mistakes , than to reject some , and at the same time to retain a fondness for others altogether as absurd and irrational . The first has at ...
... considered , it were in- finitely better to remain possessed by the whole legion of vulgar mistakes , than to reject some , and at the same time to retain a fondness for others altogether as absurd and irrational . The first has at ...
Page 85
... considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to pass over both the premises and conclusion in silence , and to produce , as an objection , some poetical passage which does not seem easily ...
... considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to pass over both the premises and conclusion in silence , and to produce , as an objection , some poetical passage which does not seem easily ...
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