THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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Page xviii
... disposition in the enemy to negotiate for general peace , should not fail to be met with an earnest defire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the an- swer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the ...
... disposition in the enemy to negotiate for general peace , should not fail to be met with an earnest defire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the an- swer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the ...
Page 31
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever the intended we should use . It is an incontestible truth , that there is more havock made in one year by men , of men , than has been made by all the lions , tygers , pan ...
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever the intended we should use . It is an incontestible truth , that there is more havock made in one year by men , of men , than has been made by all the lions , tygers , pan ...
Page 100
... disposition , a sweet person , a fweet condition , and the like . It is confeffed , that custom and some other causes , have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
... disposition , a sweet person , a fweet condition , and the like . It is confeffed , that custom and some other causes , have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
Page 183
... disposition or in the figure , or even in the colour of the parts , is highly prejudicial to the idea of infinity , which every change must check and interrupt , at every alteration commencing a new series . On the same principles of ...
... disposition or in the figure , or even in the colour of the parts , is highly prejudicial to the idea of infinity , which every change must check and interrupt , at every alteration commencing a new series . On the same principles of ...
Page 187
... disposition nor ornament , has any thing admirable ; but those huge rude masses of stone , set on end , and piled each on other , turn the mind on the immenfe force necef- sary for fuch a work . Nay , the rudeness of the work increases ...
... disposition nor ornament , has any thing admirable ; but those huge rude masses of stone , set on end , and piled each on other , turn the mind on the immenfe force necef- sary for fuch a work . Nay , the rudeness of the work increases ...
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