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Page xv
... greater part of which , Mr. Burke's reputation is not responsible : this is the enquiry into the condition of the high- er classes , which commences in the two hundred and ninety - fifth page . The summa- ry of the whole topick indeed ...
... greater part of which , Mr. Burke's reputation is not responsible : this is the enquiry into the condition of the high- er classes , which commences in the two hundred and ninety - fifth page . The summa- ry of the whole topick indeed ...
Page xix
... greater part , however , still remained in its original state ; and several heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval passed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion , and al- teration ...
... greater part , however , still remained in its original state ; and several heroes of the Revolution , who are there celebrated , having in the interval passed off the publick stage , a greater liberty of insertion , and al- teration ...
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... greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetu- osity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is satisfied that a mind which has no ...
... greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetu- osity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults . The editor is satisfied that a mind which has no ...
Page 19
... greater ; and we behold a war continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this C 2 in NATURAL ...
... greater ; and we behold a war continued with much fury , and with various success . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition which , at this C 2 in NATURAL ...
Page 31
... since the beginning of the world ; though these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of rage and fury in 4 their their composition than we have . But with re- spect NATURAL SOCIETY . 31.
... since the beginning of the world ; though these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of rage and fury in 4 their their composition than we have . But with re- spect NATURAL SOCIETY . 31.
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