The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine ...
... danger of let- ting the imagination loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack every thing the most excel- lent and venerable ; that it would not be difficult to criticise the creation itself ; and that if we were to examine ...
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... dangerous ; that ill conclusions can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any propo- sition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by its apparent consequences . These These were the ...
... dangerous ; that ill conclusions can only flow from false pro- positions ; and that , to know whether any propo- sition be true or false , it is a preposterous method to examine it by its apparent consequences . These These were the ...
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... dangerous consequences . Absurd and blasphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice of virtue , which necessarily depends upon the knowledge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable ...
... dangerous consequences . Absurd and blasphemous notion ! as if all happiness was not connected with the practice of virtue , which necessarily depends upon the knowledge of truth ; that is , upon the knowledge of those unalterable ...
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... danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleasing subject for history . But , alas ! all the history of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten ...
... danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very pleasing subject for history . But , alas ! all the history of all times , concerning all nations , does not afford matter enough to fill ten ...
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... dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferiour officers of this species of government ; each in his ...
... dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and inde- pendent of the countenance of the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the inferiour officers of this species of government ; each in his ...
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