The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page v
... never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty years , he adorned and en- riched the literature of this country . When , however , the rapid and unexampled demand for his ...
... never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty years , he adorned and en- riched the literature of this country . When , however , the rapid and unexampled demand for his ...
Page ix
... circulated through the " Ministry , and was intended gradually to slide into the press . To the best of my " recollection , I never had a clean copy of it " but 66 " but one , which is now in my possession ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
... circulated through the " Ministry , and was intended gradually to slide into the press . To the best of my " recollection , I never had a clean copy of it " but 66 " but one , which is now in my possession ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
Page x
... never communicated that , but to the " Duke of Portland , from whom I had it " back again . But the Duke will set this " matter to rights , if in reality there were " two copies , and he has one . I never " shewed it , as they know , to ...
... never communicated that , but to the " Duke of Portland , from whom I had it " back again . But the Duke will set this " matter to rights , if in reality there were " two copies , and he has one . I never " shewed it , as they know , to ...
Page xv
... never received his subsequent correction . He had also preserved , as materials for this branch of his subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , how- ever ...
... never received his subsequent correction . He had also preserved , as materials for this branch of his subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , how- ever ...
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... never permit to be questioned . It is an observa- tion which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support paradoxical opinions to the ...
... never permit to be questioned . It is an observa- tion which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support paradoxical opinions to the ...
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