The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... appear to have been exam- ined or corrected , as some trifling errors of the tran- scriber were perceptible in it . The manuscript of the fragments was a rough draft from the author's own hand , much blotted and very confused . The ...
... appear to have been exam- ined or corrected , as some trifling errors of the tran- scriber were perceptible in it . The manuscript of the fragments was a rough draft from the author's own hand , much blotted and very confused . The ...
Page 6
... appear to many no better than foolishness . There is an air of plausi- bility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions , taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience , that is admirably suited to the narrow capacities of ...
... appear to many no better than foolishness . There is an air of plausi- bility which accompanies vulgar reasonings and notions , taken from the beaten circle of ordinary experience , that is admirably suited to the narrow capacities of ...
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... appear . They come purified from the fire . My busi- ness is not with them . Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has ...
... appear . They come purified from the fire . My busi- ness is not with them . Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has ...
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... unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
Page 44
... appear , in reality and truth , no bet- ter than pitiful and oppressive oligarchies . After so fair an examen , wherein nothing has been exaggerated ; no fact produced which cannot be proved , and none which has been produced in 44 A ...
... appear , in reality and truth , no bet- ter than pitiful and oppressive oligarchies . After so fair an examen , wherein nothing has been exaggerated ; no fact produced which cannot be proved , and none which has been produced in 44 A ...
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