The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... sort of undefined hope , an ob- scure confidence , that some lurking remains of vir- tue , some degree of shame , might exist in the breasts of the oppressors of France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the ...
... sort of undefined hope , an ob- scure confidence , that some lurking remains of vir- tue , some degree of shame , might exist in the breasts of the oppressors of France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the ...
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... sort of disci- pline in their hostility . Their tyranny is complete in their justice ; and their lanterne is not half so dread- ful as their court . One would think , that , out of common decency , they would have given you men who had ...
... sort of disci- pline in their hostility . Their tyranny is complete in their justice ; and their lanterne is not half so dread- ful as their court . One would think , that , out of common decency , they would have given you men who had ...
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... sort of Christian superstition , fit col- leagues to the holy prelate of Autun , and bred at the feet of that Gamaliel . We know who it was that drove the money - changers out of the temple . We see , too , who it is that brings them in ...
... sort of Christian superstition , fit col- leagues to the holy prelate of Autun , and bred at the feet of that Gamaliel . We know who it was that drove the money - changers out of the temple . We see , too , who it is that brings them in ...
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... sort of navel - string to nourish their unnatural offspring from the bowels of royalty itself . Now that the monster can purvey for its own subsistence , it will only carry the mark about it , as a token of its having torn the womb it ...
... sort of navel - string to nourish their unnatural offspring from the bowels of royalty itself . Now that the monster can purvey for its own subsistence , it will only carry the mark about it , as a token of its having torn the womb it ...
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... sort of writers he shall authorize , and shall recom- mend by the strongest of all sanctions , that is , by pub- lic honors and rewards . He ought to be cautious how he recommends authors of mixed or ambiguous morality . He ought to be ...
... sort of writers he shall authorize , and shall recom- mend by the strongest of all sanctions , that is , by pub- lic honors and rewards . He ought to be cautious how he recommends authors of mixed or ambiguous morality . He ought to be ...
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