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 xv
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most mem- orable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisi- tion of one empire in the East , the loss of another in the West , and the total subversion of the ancient sys ...
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most mem- orable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisi- tion of one empire in the East , the loss of another in the West , and the total subversion of the ancient sys ...
Page xvii
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works by which Mr. Burke was known previous to the commencement of his public life as a statesman , and the political pieces which ...
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally contain those literary and philosophical works by which Mr. Burke was known previous to the commencement of his public life as a statesman , and the political pieces which ...
Page 9
... whole fabric . You would readily have allowed my principle , but you dreaded the consequences ; you thought , that having once entered upon these reasonings , we might be car- ried insensibly and irresistibly farther than at first we ...
... whole fabric . You would readily have allowed my principle , but you dreaded the consequences ; you thought , that having once entered upon these reasonings , we might be car- ried insensibly and irresistibly farther than at first we ...
Page 12
... whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ...
... whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ...
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