The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... human nature . The antient world has furnished a strong and striking instance of such a ground for faction , full as powerful and full as mischievous as our spirit of religious system had ever been , exciting in all the states of Greece ...
... human nature . The antient world has furnished a strong and striking instance of such a ground for faction , full as powerful and full as mischievous as our spirit of religious system had ever been , exciting in all the states of Greece ...
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... human ; because he found him- self cooped up , and in durance by those limits which nature prescribes to desire and imagination ; and was taught to con- sider as low and degrading , that mutual dependence which Providence has ordained ...
... human ; because he found him- self cooped up , and in durance by those limits which nature prescribes to desire and imagination ; and was taught to con- sider as low and degrading , that mutual dependence which Providence has ordained ...
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... human affairs , the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way . Every fear , every hope , will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will ...
... human affairs , the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way . Every fear , every hope , will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will ...
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... human affairs , that I am per- suaded no person in his senses , except those whose country , religion and sovereign , are deposited in the French funds , could dream of it . There is not the slightest petty bounda- ry suit , no ...
... human affairs , that I am per- suaded no person in his senses , except those whose country , religion and sovereign , are deposited in the French funds , could dream of it . There is not the slightest petty bounda- ry suit , no ...
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... human race . If it were , the English constitution ought no more to stand against it than the antient constitution of the kingdom in which the new system prevails . I thought it the duty of a man , not unconcerned for the publick , and ...
... human race . If it were , the English constitution ought no more to stand against it than the antient constitution of the kingdom in which the new system prevails . I thought it the duty of a man , not unconcerned for the publick , and ...
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