The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... mind , and the lively interest which he took in the wel- fare of his country , ceased only with his life , many subsequent productions issued from his pen , which were received in a manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa ...
... mind , and the lively interest which he took in the wel- fare of his country , ceased only with his life , many subsequent productions issued from his pen , which were received in a manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa ...
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... mind of an intelligent statesman . This alone , as far as can be conjectured , will form more than one volume . Another en- tire volume will be filled with his letters to publick men on publick affairs , especially those of France ...
... mind of an intelligent statesman . This alone , as far as can be conjectured , will form more than one volume . Another en- tire volume will be filled with his letters to publick men on publick affairs , especially those of France ...
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... mind ; those who hoped to see morality illustrated and enforced ; those who looked for new helps to society and government ; those who desired to see the characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such ...
... mind ; those who hoped to see morality illustrated and enforced ; those who looked for new helps to society and government ; those who desired to see the characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such ...
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... mind of man , by proving him no better than a beast ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by denying that vice and virtue are distinguished by good or ill fortune here , or by happiness or misery hereafter ? Do they ...
... mind of man , by proving him no better than a beast ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by denying that vice and virtue are distinguished by good or ill fortune here , or by happiness or misery hereafter ? Do they ...
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... mind which has no restraint from a sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most ...
... mind which has no restraint from a sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most ...
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