The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 would not be ...
... 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 would not be ...
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... weakness of all parties ; a momentary shadow , and dream of power in some one ; and the subjection of all to the yoke of a stranger , who knows how to profit of their divi- sions . This at least was the case of the Greeks ; and surely ...
... weakness of all parties ; a momentary shadow , and dream of power in some one ; and the subjection of all to the yoke of a stranger , who knows how to profit of their divi- sions . This at least was the case of the Greeks ; and surely ...
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... weakness by which falling states are brought to a complete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the greatest part of the world ...
... weakness by which falling states are brought to a complete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the greatest part of the world ...
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... weakness of our own understanding . If it does not make us knowing , it may make us modest . If it does not preserve us from errour , it may at least from the spirit of errour ; and may make us cautious of pronouncing with positiveness ...
... weakness of our own understanding . If it does not make us knowing , it may make us modest . If it does not preserve us from errour , it may at least from the spirit of errour ; and may make us cautious of pronouncing with positiveness ...
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... weakness of the imitative arts , and proclaim the triumph of the real sympathy . I believe that this notion of our having a simple pain in the reality , yet a delight in the representation , arises from hence , that we do not ...
... weakness of the imitative arts , and proclaim the triumph of the real sympathy . I believe that this notion of our having a simple pain in the reality , yet a delight in the representation , arises from hence , that we do not ...
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