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Page viii
... very different return , will be best conveyed in his own words . The following is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a fick bed . " MY Bath , 15th Feb. 1797 . " MY DEAR LAURENCE VIII ADVERTISEMENT .
... very different return , will be best conveyed in his own words . The following is an extract of a letter to a friend , which he dictated on this subject from a fick bed . " MY Bath , 15th Feb. 1797 . " MY DEAR LAURENCE VIII ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xv
... subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , however , prevented from working on them , by the want of some au- thentick and official information , for which he had ...
... subject , some scattered hints , documents , and parts of a correspondence on the state of the country . He was , however , prevented from working on them , by the want of some au- thentick and official information , for which he had ...
Page xxvii
... subject . But another note will pro- bably intereft the reader still more , as being strongly expressive of that parental affection which formed so amiable a feature in the cha- racter of Mr. Burke . It is in page 208 of Vol . V. where ...
... subject . But another note will pro- bably intereft the reader still more , as being strongly expressive of that parental affection which formed so amiable a feature in the cha- racter of Mr. Burke . It is in page 208 of Vol . V. where ...
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... subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and ...
... subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and ...
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... subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of argument , their measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can never walk fure , but by being sensible of ...
... subject , not only for arguments , but for new materials of argument , their measures and their method of arrangement ; when we must go out of the sphere of our ordinary ideas , and when we can never walk fure , but by being sensible of ...
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