THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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Page 18
... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the van- quished must have had a much heavier lofs , as the greatest ...
... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the van- quished must have had a much heavier lofs , as the greatest ...
Page 70
... suppose that there are in Great - Britain upwards of an hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever fee the light of the fun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
... suppose that there are in Great - Britain upwards of an hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever fee the light of the fun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
Page 99
... suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the fame in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the fame , or with little difference . We are fatisfied that what appears to be ...
... suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the fame in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the fame , or with little difference . We are fatisfied that what appears to be ...
Page 104
... Suppose one who had so vitiated his palate as to take more pleasure in the taste of opium than in that of butter or honey , to be presented with a bolus of squills ; there is hardly any doubt but that he would prefer the butter or honey ...
... Suppose one who had so vitiated his palate as to take more pleasure in the taste of opium than in that of butter or honey , to be presented with a bolus of squills ; there is hardly any doubt but that he would prefer the butter or honey ...
Page 108
... suppose that this novice lights upon a more artificial work of the fame nature ; he now begins to look with con- tempt on what he admired at first ; not that he ad- mired it even then for its unlikeness to a man , but for that general ...
... suppose that this novice lights upon a more artificial work of the fame nature ; he now begins to look with con- tempt on what he admired at first ; not that he ad- mired it even then for its unlikeness to a man , but for that general ...
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