THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... figure , had retired to employ thofe talents in the investiga- tion of truth . Philofophy began to congratulate herself upon fuch a profelyte from the world of business , and hoped to have extended her power under the aufpices of fuch a ...
... figure , had retired to employ thofe talents in the investiga- tion of truth . Philofophy began to congratulate herself upon fuch a profelyte from the world of business , and hoped to have extended her power under the aufpices of fuch a ...
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... figure in hiftory , that I am very forry to fay , it affords me but little matter on which to expatiate . The good offices done by one nation to its neighbour ; the fupport given in publick diftrefs ; the relief afforded in general ...
... figure in hiftory , that I am very forry to fay , it affords me but little matter on which to expatiate . The good offices done by one nation to its neighbour ; the fupport given in publick diftrefs ; the relief afforded in general ...
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... figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe and rapid conquefts , which doubtless were not compaffed without the ufual carnage . We fee an army of ...
... figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis : for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made im- menfe and rapid conquefts , which doubtless were not compaffed without the ufual carnage . We fee an army of ...
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... figure . What he ad- mired at different times in these fo different figures , is ftrictly the fame ; and though his knowledge is improved , his tafte is not altered . Hitherto his mistake was from a want of knowledge in art , and this ...
... figure . What he ad- mired at different times in these fo different figures , is ftrictly the fame ; and though his knowledge is improved , his tafte is not altered . Hitherto his mistake was from a want of knowledge in art , and this ...
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... figures , and which the painter , who had not made fuch accu- rate observations on fhoes , and was content with a ... figure . Here the anatomift obferves what the painter had not obferved ; and he paffes by what the fhoemaker had ...
... figures , and which the painter , who had not made fuch accu- rate observations on fhoes , and was content with a ... figure . Here the anatomift obferves what the painter had not obferved ; and he paffes by what the fhoemaker had ...
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