The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... last four papers of the fourth volume , and the whole of the fifth volume , of the present edition . The several posthumous publications , as they from time to vi ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Self-Preservation.
... last four papers of the fourth volume , and the whole of the fifth volume , of the present edition . The several posthumous publications , as they from time to vi ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Self-Preservation.
Page viii
... fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- 9 nicated that paper to any one out of the very viii ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Society.
... fact ( unless he meditated this villany long ago ) that he did or does now possess any clean copy . I never commu- 9 nicated that paper to any one out of the very viii ADVERTISEMENT . Of the Passions which belong to Society.
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... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
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... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
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... . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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