The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page xxvi
... frequently made by him from memory , have been generally com- pared with the original authors . Several mistakes in printing , of one word for another , by which the sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or ...
... frequently made by him from memory , have been generally com- pared with the original authors . Several mistakes in printing , of one word for another , by which the sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or ...
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... where all seemed barren and unpromis- ing . This is the fairy land of philosophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- pressions B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
... where all seemed barren and unpromis- ing . This is the fairy land of philosophy . And it very frequently happens , that those pleasing im- pressions B 3 pressions on the imagination , subsist and produce their effect PREFACE . 5.
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... frequent , so cruel , and attended with consequences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they ...
... frequent , so cruel , and attended with consequences so deplorable . In a state of nature , it had been impossible to find a number of men , sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they ...
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... frequently infringe the rules of justice to sup- port themselves ; that truth must give way to dis- simulation ; honesty to convenience ; and huma- nity itself to the reigning interest . The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called ...
... frequently infringe the rules of justice to sup- port themselves ; that truth must give way to dis- simulation ; honesty to convenience ; and huma- nity itself to the reigning interest . The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called ...
Page 57
... frequent cabals , tumults , aud revolutions , from its very constitu- tion . These are undoubtedly as ill effects as can happen in a society ; for in such a case , the close- ness acquired by community , instead of serving for mutual ...
... frequent cabals , tumults , aud revolutions , from its very constitu- tion . These are undoubtedly as ill effects as can happen in a society ; for in such a case , the close- ness acquired by community , instead of serving for mutual ...
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