The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeG. Bell, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagina- tion loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it ...
... sense of its own weakness , of its subordinate rank in the creation , and of the extreme danger of letting the imagina- tion loose upon some subjects , may very plausibly attack everything the most excellent and venerable ; that it ...
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... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . - In ...
... sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer , which makes man a slave , takes away half his worth ; and in fact , he loses every impulse to action , but that low and base one of fear . - In ...
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... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to ex- pound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; We ' as words multiplied , opportunities of cavilling ...
... sense and interpretation of these laws . Thus we were brought back to our old incertitude . New laws were made to ex- pound the old ; and new difficulties arose upon the new laws ; We ' as words multiplied , opportunities of cavilling ...
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... senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with regard to the senses . We do and we must suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving ...
... senses ; the imagination ; and the judgment . And first with regard to the senses . We do and we must suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving ...
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... sense of taste , and the rather , as the faculty in question has taken its name from that sense . All men are agreed to call vinegar sour , honey sweet , and aloes bitter ; and as they are all agreed in finding these qualities in those ...
... sense of taste , and the rather , as the faculty in question has taken its name from that sense . All men are agreed to call vinegar sour , honey sweet , and aloes bitter ; and as they are all agreed in finding these qualities in those ...
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