The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small insertions have also been made from a quarto copy corrected by Mr. Burke him- self . From the same source something more more has been drawn in the shape of ...
... sense was either perverted or obscured , are now rectified . Two or three small insertions have also been made from a quarto copy corrected by Mr. Burke him- self . From the same source something more more has been drawn in the shape of ...
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... 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 excel- lent and venerable ; that it ...
... 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 excel- lent and venerable ; that it ...
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... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes a man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . In ...
... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes a man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . In ...
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... sense of feeling ; the weight of tyranny , at last , becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the tyranny , is to change the tyrant . This is , and always was ...
... sense of feeling ; the weight of tyranny , at last , becomes insupportable ; but the remedy is not so easy : in general , the only remedy by which they attempt to cure the tyranny , is to change the tyrant . This is , and always was ...
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... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; as words multiplied , opportunities of cavil- ling upon ...
... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to expound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; as words multiplied , opportunities of cavil- ling upon ...
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