The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page iii
... CONCERNING TASTE . • 67 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " . • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT ...
... CONCERNING TASTE . • 67 A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , “ THE PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " . • 269 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 433 ADVERTISEMENT ...
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... concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten pages , though it should be spun out by the wire - drawing amplification of a Guicciardini himself . The glaring side is that of enmity . War is the mat- ter which fills ...
... concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten pages , though it should be spun out by the wire - drawing amplification of a Guicciardini himself . The glaring side is that of enmity . War is the mat- ter which fills ...
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... concerning the consequences of war even more dreadful than that monstrous car- nage itself which shocks our humanity , and almost staggers our belief . So that , allowing me in my ex- uberance one way for my deficiencies in the other ...
... concerning the consequences of war even more dreadful than that monstrous car- nage itself which shocks our humanity , and almost staggers our belief . So that , allowing me in my ex- uberance one way for my deficiencies in the other ...
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... concerning each other , to give a sober man a proper caution against them all . The monarchic , and aristocratical , and popular partisans , have been jointly laying their axes to the root of all government , and have , in their turns ...
... concerning each other , to give a sober man a proper caution against them all . The monarchic , and aristocratical , and popular partisans , have been jointly laying their axes to the root of all government , and have , in their turns ...
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... concerning that , is the worst injustice , because it cuts off the very end and purpose for which I applied to the judicature for relief . Quite contrary in the case of a man's life ; there the determination can hardly be too much ...
... concerning that , is the worst injustice , because it cuts off the very end and purpose for which I applied to the judicature for relief . Quite contrary in the case of a man's life ; there the determination can hardly be too much ...
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