THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... most intimately acquainted with his character , best know to have been in his efti- mation one of the most important moral du- ties , never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty ...
... most intimately acquainted with his character , best know to have been in his efti- mation one of the most important moral du- ties , never himself made any collection of the various publications with which , during a period of forty ...
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... most of them corrected as for the prefs . All thefe , now firft collected together , form the contents of the last two volumes . They are disposed in chronological order , with the exception of the Preface to Briffot's Addrefs , which ...
... most of them corrected as for the prefs . All thefe , now firft collected together , form the contents of the last two volumes . They are disposed in chronological order , with the exception of the Preface to Briffot's Addrefs , which ...
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... most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which ...
... most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reafon and fitness , and to use the fame method of attack by which ...
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... most wholly to the vegetable kind ; and the fame tree , which in its flourishing state produced them berries , in its decay gave them an habitation . The mutual defires of the fexes uniting their bodies and affections , and the children ...
... most wholly to the vegetable kind ; and the fame tree , which in its flourishing state produced them berries , in its decay gave them an habitation . The mutual defires of the fexes uniting their bodies and affections , and the children ...
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... most dan- gerous confequences . Abfurd and blafphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice of virtue , which neceffarily depends upon the knowledge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of thofe ...
... most dan- gerous confequences . Abfurd and blafphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice of virtue , which neceffarily depends upon the knowledge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of thofe ...
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affected affociation againſt agreeable almoſt arifes beauty becauſe befides beſt body cafe caufe cauſe colours confequently confider confiderable confiftent darkneſs defcription defigned degree difpofition diftinct diftinguiſh diſcover faid fame fect feems fenfes fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince fions firft firſt fmooth fociety fome fomething fpecies ftand ftate ftill ftrength ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure fweet greateſt himſelf horrour idea images imagination impreffion itſelf juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs mankind manner meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pofitive prefent principles produce proportion purpoſe qualities raiſed reafon refult reprefented reſemblance SECT ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpecies ſtate tafte taſte tenfion terrour thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion tural underſtanding uſe whilft words