The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... Author himself , in the conclusion of the second , which it was then designed to follow . He intended , he said , " to VOL . I. b 66 proceed " proceed next on the question of the facilities " ADVERTISEMENT . xvii Beauty in Colour.
... Author himself , in the conclusion of the second , which it was then designed to follow . He intended , he said , " to VOL . I. b 66 proceed " proceed next on the question of the facilities " ADVERTISEMENT . xvii Beauty in Colour.
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... were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and finess , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , 2 religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
... were to examine the divine fabricks by our ideas of reason and finess , and to use the same method of attack by which some men have assaulted revealed religion , 2 religion , we might with as good colour , and 6 PREFACE .
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Edmund Burke. religion , we might with as good colour , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no better than foolishness . There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar ...
Edmund Burke. religion , we might with as good colour , and with the same success , make the wisdom and power of God in his creation appear to many no better than foolishness . There is an air of plausibility which accompanies vulgar ...
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... colour . The first set- tling of the Jews here , was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , consumed vast multitudes almost every year for ...
... colour . The first set- tling of the Jews here , was attended by an almost entire extirpation of all the former inhabitants . Their own civil wars , and those with their petty neighbours , consumed vast multitudes almost every year for ...
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... colour of justice ; we behold this without emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the ...
... colour of justice ; we behold this without emotion , be- cause we have grown up in the constant view of such practices ; and we are not surprised to hear a man requested to be a knave and a traitor , with as much indifference as if the ...
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