The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of truth . I have met ...
... understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstantial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods , that daz- zles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of truth . I have met ...
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... understanding . And to prevent the least hope of amendment , a king is ever sur- rounded by a croud of infamous flatterers , who find their account in keeping him from the least light of reason , till all ideas of rectitude and jus ...
... understanding . And to prevent the least hope of amendment , a king is ever sur- rounded by a croud of infamous flatterers , who find their account in keeping him from the least light of reason , till all ideas of rectitude and jus ...
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... understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the publick welfare . This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped , it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any design against ...
... understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the publick welfare . This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped , it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any design against ...
Page 54
... understanding or courage to supply the remedy . I need not excuse myself to your Lordship , nor , I think , to any honest man , for the zeal I have shewn in this cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended ...
... understanding or courage to supply the remedy . I need not excuse myself to your Lordship , nor , I think , to any honest man , for the zeal I have shewn in this cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended ...
Page 72
... condition to that of the unhappy majority ; but there are other circumstances which place them in a far lower condition . Not only their understandings 3 labour labour continually , which is the severest labour , but 72 A VINDICATION OF.
... condition to that of the unhappy majority ; but there are other circumstances which place them in a far lower condition . Not only their understandings 3 labour labour continually , which is the severest labour , but 72 A VINDICATION OF.
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