The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page v
... never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty years , he adorned and enriched the literature of this country . When , however , the rapid and unexampled demand for his " Reflections ...
... never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty years , he adorned and enriched the literature of this country . When , however , the rapid and unexampled demand for his " Reflections ...
Page viii
... never had a clean copy of it but one , which is now in my possession ; I never communicated that , but to the Duke of Portland , from whom I had it back again . But the Duke will set this matter to rights , if in reality there were two ...
... never had a clean copy of it but one , which is now in my possession ; I never communicated that , but to the Duke of Portland , from whom I had it back again . But the Duke will set this matter to rights , if in reality there were two ...
Page xii
... never received his subsequent correction . He had also preserved , as materials for this branch of his subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , however , prevented ...
... never received his subsequent correction . He had also preserved , as materials for this branch of his subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , however , prevented ...
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... never permit to be questioned . It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support paradoxical opinions to the ...
... never permit to be questioned . It is an observation which I think Isocrates makes in one of his orations against the sophists , that it is far more easy to maintain a wrong cause , and to support paradoxical opinions to the ...
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... never walk surely , but by being sensible of our blind- ness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , when- ever we examine the result of a reason which is not Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what ...
... never walk surely , but by being sensible of our blind- ness . And this we must do , or we do nothing , when- ever we examine the result of a reason which is not Even in matters which are , as it were , just within our reach , what ...
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