The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst they oppose every system , are ...
... nature ought to have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst they oppose every system , are ...
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... nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out imaginary beings pre- scribing ... nature , is wiser in its own plain way , and attends its own business more directly than the mind with all its boasted ...
... nature which , if left to itself , were the best and surest guide . It finds out imaginary beings pre- scribing ... nature , is wiser in its own plain way , and attends its own business more directly than the mind with all its boasted ...
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... natural appetites and in stincts , and not in any positive institution , I shall call natural society . Thus far nature went and suc- ceeded : but man would go farther . The great error of our nature is , not to know where to stop , not ...
... natural appetites and in stincts , and not in any positive institution , I shall call natural society . Thus far nature went and suc- ceeded : but man would go farther . The great error of our nature is , not to know where to stop , not ...
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... nature alone . This is true of several , but by far the majority is still in the same old state of blindness and ... natural evils , and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations promise . In such a ...
... nature alone . This is true of several , but by far the majority is still in the same old state of blindness and ... natural evils , and such a nurse and increaser of blessings , as those of warm imaginations promise . In such a ...
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... nature ; and truly , if a man judged of the individuals of our race by their conduct when united and packed into ... NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
... nature ; and truly , if a man judged of the individuals of our race by their conduct when united and packed into ... NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
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