The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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Page 14
... respect better than the rest of the gang of usurpers , who reign , or rather rob , all over the face of this our miserable world , without any sort or right or title to the allegiance of their people . The policy of this general ...
... respect better than the rest of the gang of usurpers , who reign , or rather rob , all over the face of this our miserable world , without any sort or right or title to the allegiance of their people . The policy of this general ...
Page 39
... Respecting your forefathers , you would have been taught to respect yourselves . You would not have chosen to consider the French as a people of yester- day , as a nation of low - born servile wretches until the emancipating year of ...
... Respecting your forefathers , you would have been taught to respect yourselves . You would not have chosen to consider the French as a people of yester- day , as a nation of low - born servile wretches until the emancipating year of ...
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... respect , in some degree perhaps to fear , those whom they conduct . To be led any otherwise than blindly , the followers must be qualified , if not for actors , at least for judges ; they must also be judges of natural weight and ...
... respect , in some degree perhaps to fear , those whom they conduct . To be led any otherwise than blindly , the followers must be qualified , if not for actors , at least for judges ; they must also be judges of natural weight and ...
Page 46
... respect themselves ; who had no previous fortune in character at stake ; who could not be expected to bear with moderation , or to conduct with discretion , a power , which they themselves , more than any others , must be surprised to ...
... respect themselves ; who had no previous fortune in character at stake ; who could not be expected to bear with moderation , or to conduct with discretion , a power , which they themselves , more than any others , must be surprised to ...
Page 88
... respect , one is almost forced to apologize for harbouring the common feelings of men . Why do I feel so differently from the Reverend Dr. Price , and those of his lay flock , who will choose to adopt the sentiments of his discourse ...
... respect , one is almost forced to apologize for harbouring the common feelings of men . Why do I feel so differently from the Reverend Dr. Price , and those of his lay flock , who will choose to adopt the sentiments of his discourse ...
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