The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page xv
... whole topick indeed , nearly as it stands in the three hundred and seventy - third and fourth pagest , was found , together with a marginal reference to the bankrupt list , in his own hand - writing ; and the actual conclusion of the ...
... whole topick indeed , nearly as it stands in the three hundred and seventy - third and fourth pagest , was found , together with a marginal reference to the bankrupt list , in his own hand - writing ; and the actual conclusion of the ...
Page xx
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most memorable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisition of one empire in the east , the loss of another in the west , and the the total subversion of the ancient system ...
... whole . The period during which he flourished was one of the most memorable of our annals . It comprehended the acquisition of one empire in the east , the loss of another in the west , and the the total subversion of the ancient system ...
Page xxiii
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally severally contain those literary and philo- sophical works by which Variation, why beautiful Elegance and Speciousness CONTENTS VOL I PAGE Advertisement to the Reader ...
... whole . The first and second volumes , as before , severally severally contain those literary and philo- sophical works by which Variation, why beautiful Elegance and Speciousness CONTENTS VOL I PAGE Advertisement to the Reader ...
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... whole fabrick . You would readily have allowed my prin- ciple , but you dreaded the consequences ; you thought , that having once entered upon these rea- sonings , we might be carried insensibly and irre- sistibly farther than at first ...
... whole fabrick . You would readily have allowed my prin- ciple , but you dreaded the consequences ; you thought , that having once entered upon these rea- sonings , we might be carried insensibly and irre- sistibly farther than at first ...
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... whole order of her system , by a com- pliance with our pride , and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ra ...
... whole order of her system , by a com- pliance with our pride , and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the little liberty and ra ...
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