The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 36
... continually in a tottering situation , and makes greater and greater strides to that gulf of despotism which at last swallows up every species of government . The manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and ...
... continually in a tottering situation , and makes greater and greater strides to that gulf of despotism which at last swallows up every species of government . The manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and ...
Page 61
... continually calling for reformation , and reformations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted liberty sometimes ... continual feuds , wars , and conspi- racies . In no country in Europe has the scaffold so often blushed with the ...
... continually calling for reformation , and reformations more grievous than any evils . Our boasted liberty sometimes ... continual feuds , wars , and conspi- racies . In no country in Europe has the scaffold so often blushed with the ...
Page 72
... continual care , and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleep- less nights , are next to proverbial . These circum- stances are sufficient almost to level their ... continually , which is the severest labour , but 72 A VINDICATION OF.
... continual care , and anxiety , their toilsome days , and sleep- less nights , are next to proverbial . These circum- stances are sufficient almost to level their ... continually , which is the severest labour , but 72 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 73
Edmund Burke. labour continually , which is the severest labour , but their hearts are torn by the worst , most troublesome , and insatiable of all passions , by avarice , by ambition , by fear and jealousy . No part of the mind has rest ...
Edmund Burke. labour continually , which is the severest labour , but their hearts are torn by the worst , most troublesome , and insatiable of all passions , by avarice , by ambition , by fear and jealousy . No part of the mind has rest ...
Page 95
... continually appealing to certain tests and standards , which are allowed on all sides , and are supposed to be established in our common nature . But there is not the same obvious concurrence in any uniform or settled principles which ...
... continually appealing to certain tests and standards , which are allowed on all sides , and are supposed to be established in our common nature . But there is not the same obvious concurrence in any uniform or settled principles which ...
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