The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - France |
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... favour of it . I should indeed be very much con- cerned if I were thought to be influenced to that vote by those arguments . In particular , I do most exceedingly condemn all such arguments as involve any kind of reflection on the ...
... favour of it . I should indeed be very much con- cerned if I were thought to be influenced to that vote by those arguments . In particular , I do most exceedingly condemn all such arguments as involve any kind of reflection on the ...
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... favour of a change . If this be the case in the present instance , cer- tainly you ought to make the alteration , that is pro- posed , to satisfy your own consciences , and to give content to your people . But if you have no evi- dence ...
... favour of a change . If this be the case in the present instance , cer- tainly you ought to make the alteration , that is pro- posed , to satisfy your own consciences , and to give content to your people . But if you have no evi- dence ...
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... favour , not of good government ; an engine , which totally fails of suppressing Atheism , but oppresses conscience ; I say that principle becomes not serviceable , but dan- gerous to Christianity ; that it is not toleration , but ...
... favour , not of good government ; an engine , which totally fails of suppressing Atheism , but oppresses conscience ; I say that principle becomes not serviceable , but dan- gerous to Christianity ; that it is not toleration , but ...
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... favour of the greater number , is by no means true in fact . For , first , the greater number is generally composed of men of sluggish tempers , slow to act , and unwilling to attempt ; and , by being in possession , are so disposed to ...
... favour of the greater number , is by no means true in fact . For , first , the greater number is generally composed of men of sluggish tempers , slow to act , and unwilling to attempt ; and , by being in possession , are so disposed to ...
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... favour , we will not flatter them by a surrender of our uninfluenced judgment and opinion ; we give a security , that , if ever we should be in another situation , no flattery to any other sort of power and influence would induce us to ...
... favour , we will not flatter them by a surrender of our uninfluenced judgment and opinion ; we give a security , that , if ever we should be in another situation , no flattery to any other sort of power and influence would induce us to ...
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