The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wished for in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it : there is no reason to conceal the design of it any longer . The ...
... common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wished for in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it : there is no reason to conceal the design of it any longer . The ...
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... common auditory , than to establish a doubtful truth by solid and conclusive arguments . When men find that something can be said in favor of what , on the very proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of ...
... common auditory , than to establish a doubtful truth by solid and conclusive arguments . When men find that something can be said in favor of what , on the very proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of ...
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... common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty severely on many occasions . The original children of the earth lived with their brethren of the other kinds in much ...
... common arbitrator to resort to in their differences . These were evils which they could not but have felt pretty severely on many occasions . The original children of the earth lived with their brethren of the other kinds in much ...
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... common- wealths among themselves , for an unprofitable supe- riority , form one of the bloodiest scenes in history . One is astonished how such a small spot could furnish men sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing ...
... common- wealths among themselves , for an unprofitable supe- riority , form one of the bloodiest scenes in history . One is astonished how such a small spot could furnish men sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing ...
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... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is some- thing so averse from our nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so ...
... common nature , and subject to the same law . There is some- thing so averse from our nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war and destruction . But there is something so ...
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