The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... kind- ness deserved a very different return , will be best conveyed in his own words . The follow- ing is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a sick bed . " Mr " MY DEAR Laurence , " 6 Bath , 15th ...
... kind- ness deserved a very different return , will be best conveyed in his own words . The follow- ing is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a sick bed . " Mr " MY DEAR Laurence , " 6 Bath , 15th ...
Page xxii
... kind , which may happen to be in their possession , or within their reach , to Messrs . Rivington ; a respect and kindness to his memory , which will be thankfully acknowledged by those friends , to whom , in dying , he committed the ...
... kind , which may happen to be in their possession , or within their reach , to Messrs . Rivington ; a respect and kindness to his memory , which will be thankfully acknowledged by those friends , to whom , in dying , he committed the ...
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... kind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers pro- pose to compass the designs they pretend to have in view , by the instruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no ...
... kind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers pro- pose to compass the designs they pretend to have in view , by the instruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no ...
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... kind , is dangerous ; that ill conclusions 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 ...
... kind , is dangerous ; that ill conclusions 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 ...
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... kind was subjected to many and great inconve- niences . Want of union , want of mutual assist- ance , want of a common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty severely on ...
... kind was subjected to many and great inconve- niences . Want of union , want of mutual assist- ance , want of a common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty severely on ...
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