THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... constitution , and their effects , I have some- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of ...
... constitution , and their effects , I have some- times been in a good deal more than doubt , whe- ther the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness . He has mixed in his cup a number of natural evils , ( in spite of ...
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... constitution . For as fubordination , or in other words , the reci- procation of tyranny , and flavery , is requisite to support these societies , the interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay even the whim and caprice ...
... constitution . For as fubordination , or in other words , the reci- procation of tyranny , and flavery , is requisite to support these societies , the interest , the ambition , the malice , or the revenge , nay even the whim and caprice ...
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... constitution . Yet al- lowing all this , what defence does this make for artificial fociety in general , that these inconfider- able spots of the globe have for fome short space of time stood as exceptions to a charge so gene- ral ? But ...
... constitution . Yet al- lowing all this , what defence does this make for artificial fociety in general , that these inconfider- able spots of the globe have for fome short space of time stood as exceptions to a charge so gene- ral ? But ...
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... constitution , and obferve with as much feverity as you please upon the abfurd tricks , or deftructive bigotry of the bonzees . But the fcene is changed as you come homeward , and atheifm or treafon may be the names given in Britain ...
... constitution , and obferve with as much feverity as you please upon the abfurd tricks , or deftructive bigotry of the bonzees . But the fcene is changed as you come homeward , and atheifm or treafon may be the names given in Britain ...
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... constitution supported their several pretenfions by the sword . Experience and policy have fince taught other methods . At nunc res agitur tenui pulmone rubeta . But how far corruption , venality , the contempt of honour , the oblivion ...
... constitution supported their several pretenfions by the sword . Experience and policy have fince taught other methods . At nunc res agitur tenui pulmone rubeta . But how far corruption , venality , the contempt of honour , the oblivion ...
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