The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page xvi
... painful responsibility , to make such an attempt as he could at supplying the void ; especially because the insufficiency of our resources for the continuanceof the war was understood to have been the prin- " " cipal objection urged ...
... painful responsibility , to make such an attempt as he could at supplying the void ; especially because the insufficiency of our resources for the continuanceof the war was understood to have been the prin- " " cipal objection urged ...
Page 7
... pain- ful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of con- siderations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of ...
... pain- ful , comprehensive survey of a very complicated matter , and which requires a great variety of con- siderations , is to be made ; when we must seek in a profound subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of ...
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... pains to consider the nature of society will find that they result directly from its constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the re- ciprocation of tyranny , and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ...
... pains to consider the nature of society will find that they result directly from its constitution . For as subordination , or , in other words , the re- ciprocation of tyranny , and slavery , is requisite to support these societies ...
Page 74
... pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , un- willing and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of relishing real ...
... pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , un- willing and unable to search for truth , and utterly uncapable of knowing , much less of relishing real ...
Page 83
... pains for its improvement . Though I have not found sufficient reason , or what appeared to me sufficient , for making any material change in my theory , I have found it necessary in many places to explain , illustrate , and enforce it ...
... pains for its improvement . Though I have not found sufficient reason , or what appeared to me sufficient , for making any material change in my theory , I have found it necessary in many places to explain , illustrate , and enforce it ...
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