The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... examined or corrected , as some tri- fling errours of the transcriber were per- ceptible in it . The manuscript of the frag- ments was a rough draft from the Author's own hand , much blotted and very con- fused . The " Third Letter on ...
... examined or corrected , as some tri- fling errours of the transcriber were per- ceptible in it . The manuscript of the frag- ments was a rough draft from the Author's own hand , much blotted and very con- fused . The " Third Letter on ...
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... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
... that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and fitness , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
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... 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 practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon ...
... 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 practice of all moral duties , and the foundations of society , rested upon ...
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... can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any propo- sition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by its apparent consequences . These A These were the reasons which induced me to go so.
... can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any propo- sition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by its apparent consequences . These A These were the reasons which induced me to go so.
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... examining a received opinion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , or oppose our own interests . There is a most absurd and and audacious ...
... examining a received opinion ; but with all that freedom and candour which we owe to truth wherever we find it , or however it may contradict our own notions , or oppose our own interests . There is a most absurd and and audacious ...
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