THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... better adapted to publick convenience . Such errours of the prefs as have been discovered in it are here rectified : in other refpects it is faithfully followed , except that in one inftance , an accident of little mo- ment has ...
... better adapted to publick convenience . Such errours of the prefs as have been discovered in it are here rectified : in other refpects it is faithfully followed , except that in one inftance , an accident of little mo- ment has ...
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... better , A different diftribution of the contents , while it has made the volumes , with the ex- ception of the firft and fixth , more nearly equal in their respective bulk , has , at the fame time , been fortunately found to produce a ...
... better , A different diftribution of the contents , while it has made the volumes , with the ex- ception of the firft and fixth , more nearly equal in their respective bulk , has , at the fame time , been fortunately found to produce a ...
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... better than a beaft ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by denying that vice and virtue are diftinguished by good or ill fortune here , or by happiness or mifery hereafter ? Do they imagine they shall increase our piety ...
... better than a beaft ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by denying that vice and virtue are diftinguished by good or ill fortune here , or by happiness or mifery hereafter ? Do they imagine they shall increase our piety ...
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... better than foolishness There is an air of plaufibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience , that is admirably fuited to the narrow capacities , of fome , and to the ...
... better than foolishness There is an air of plaufibility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience , that is admirably fuited to the narrow capacities , of fome , and to the ...
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... better men ; it is this : They argue against a fair difcuffion of popular prejudices , because , fay they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous ...
... better men ; it is this : They argue against a fair difcuffion of popular prejudices , because , fay they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous ...
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