The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... measures in the power of Dr. King , yourself , and Mr. Woodford , had been " taken to suppress the publication , she ven- " tured to deliver me the letters to - day , “ which were read to me in my bed , about “ two o'clock . CC " This ...
... measures in the power of Dr. King , yourself , and Mr. Woodford , had been " taken to suppress the publication , she ven- " tured to deliver me the letters to - day , “ which were read to me in my bed , about “ two o'clock . CC " This ...
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... measure lost , when a pain- ful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great ... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can ...
... measure lost , when a pain- ful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great ... measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can ...
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... measures of happiness , should be likewise the only measures by which we should direct our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com- pliance ...
... measures of happiness , should be likewise the only measures by which we should direct our reasoning . To these we should conform in good earnest ; and not think to force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com- pliance ...
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... somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by which to measure , in some degree , the NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
... somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by which to measure , in some degree , the NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
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Edmund Burke. by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This ...
Edmund Burke. by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This ...
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