The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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Page xi
... we heard the appeal to ' men of light and leading ' ; even now there are those who feel that politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement . ' ( p . 12. ) " ( Those who believe in public service broadening out from.
... we heard the appeal to ' men of light and leading ' ; even now there are those who feel that politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement . ' ( p . 12. ) " ( Those who believe in public service broadening out from.
Page 37
... leading in itself to misrule and excess , is tempered with an awful gravity . This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity , which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and ...
... leading in itself to misrule and excess , is tempered with an awful gravity . This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity , which prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and ...
Page 41
... leading their easy good - nature , under specious pretences , to admit combinations of bold and faithless men into a participation of their power . This alone ( if there were nothing else ) is an irreparable calamity to you and to ...
... leading their easy good - nature , under specious pretences , to admit combinations of bold and faithless men into a participation of their power . This alone ( if there were nothing else ) is an irreparable calamity to you and to ...
Page 45
... leading advocates , the glory of the bar ; not of renowned professors in universities ; -but for the far greater part , as it must in such a number , of the inferior , unlearned , mechanical , merely instrumental members of the ...
... leading advocates , the glory of the bar ; not of renowned professors in universities ; -but for the far greater part , as it must in such a number , of the inferior , unlearned , mechanical , merely instrumental members of the ...
Page 73
... leading in triumph , ' a thing in its best form unmanly and irreligious , which fills our preacher with such unhallowed transports , must shock , I believe , the moral taste of every well - born mind . Several English were the stupefied ...
... leading in triumph , ' a thing in its best form unmanly and irreligious , which fills our preacher with such unhallowed transports , must shock , I believe , the moral taste of every well - born mind . Several English were the stupefied ...
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