The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... look upon the sanguinary measures , and instruments of vio- lence , which are every where used to support them . Let us take a review of the dungeons , whips , chains , racks , gibbets , with which every society is abundantly stored ...
... look upon the sanguinary measures , and instruments of vio- lence , which are every where used to support them . Let us take a review of the dungeons , whips , chains , racks , gibbets , with which every society is abundantly stored ...
Page 60
... opportunity of doing all this mischief , nay , that they themselves had their origin and growth from that complex form of government , which we are wisely taught to to look upon as so great a blessing . Revolve 60 A VINDICATION OF.
... opportunity of doing all this mischief , nay , that they themselves had their origin and growth from that complex form of government , which we are wisely taught to to look upon as so great a blessing . Revolve 60 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 61
Edmund Burke. to look upon as so great a blessing . Revolve , my Lord , our history from the conquest . We scarcely ever had a prince , who by fraud , or violence , had not made some infringement on the constitution . We scarcely ever ...
Edmund Burke. to look upon as so great a blessing . Revolve , my Lord , our history from the conquest . We scarcely ever had a prince , who by fraud , or violence , had not made some infringement on the constitution . We scarcely ever ...
Page 108
... look with contempt on what he admired at first ; not that he admired it even then for its unlikeness to a man , but for that general though inaccurate resemblance which it bore to the human figure . What he ad- mired at different times ...
... look with contempt on what he admired at first ; not that he admired it even then for its unlikeness to a man , but for that general though inaccurate resemblance which it bore to the human figure . What he ad- mired at different times ...
Page 158
... look on any thing as trifling , or contemptible , that may be dangerous . There are many animals , who though far from being large , are yet capable of raising ideas of the sublime , because they are considered as objects of terrour ...
... look on any thing as trifling , or contemptible , that may be dangerous . There are many animals , who though far from being large , are yet capable of raising ideas of the sublime , because they are considered as objects of terrour ...
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