The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... nations , andparticularly " of this , for obtaining her ends ; and , as his " notions were controverted , to take notice of " what , in that way , had been recommended " to him . " The vehicle which he had chosen for this part of his ...
... nations , andparticularly " of this , for obtaining her ends ; and , as his " notions were controverted , to take notice of " what , in that way , had been recommended " to him . " The vehicle which he had chosen for this part of his ...
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... a reasoner could have expected formerly ; and we derive advantages from it which are very visible . The fabrick of superstition has in this our age and and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
... a reasoner could have expected formerly ; and we derive advantages from it which are very visible . The fabrick of superstition has in this our age and and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever NATURAL SOCIETY . 13.
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Edmund Burke. and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of our prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty , as daily raise our ...
Edmund Burke. and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of our prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such refreshing airs of liberty , as daily raise our ...
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... nation to its neighbour * ; the support given in publick distress ; the relief afforded in general calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very ...
... nation to its neighbour * ; the support given in publick distress ; the relief afforded in general calamity ; the protection granted in emergent danger ; the mutual return of kindness and civility , would af- ford a very ample and very ...
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... nations and kingdoms , he might imagine that every sort of virtue was unnatural and foreign to the mind of man . The first accounts we have of mankind are but so many accounts of their butcheries . All empires have been cemented in ...
... nations and kingdoms , he might imagine that every sort of virtue was unnatural and foreign to the mind of man . The first accounts we have of mankind are but so many accounts of their butcheries . All empires have been cemented in ...
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