The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... believe his and mine are the only ones that exist , except what was taken by fraud from loose and incorrect papers by S , to whom I gave the letter to copy . As soon as I began to suspect him capable of any such scandalous breach of ...
... believe his and mine are the only ones that exist , except what was taken by fraud from loose and incorrect papers by S , to whom I gave the letter to copy . As soon as I began to suspect him capable of any such scandalous breach of ...
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... believe the decision of the fate of mankind , at least , depended upon it ! But these disputes ended as all such ever have done , and ever will do ; in a real weakness of all parties , a momentary shadow , and dream of power in some one ...
... believe the decision of the fate of mankind , at least , depended upon it ! But these disputes ended as all such ever have done , and ever will do ; in a real weakness of all parties , a momentary shadow , and dream of power in some one ...
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... believe is our principal glory . How far mere nature would have carried us , we may judge by the example of those animals who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has given dispositions more fierce , and arms more ...
... believe is our principal glory . How far mere nature would have carried us , we may judge by the example of those animals who still follow her laws , and even of those to whom she has given dispositions more fierce , and arms more ...
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... believe that any institution , agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient , in any case whatsoever , to do what the best and worthiest in- stincts of mankind warn us to avoid . But no won ...
... believe that any institution , agreeable to nature , and proper for mankind , could find it necessary , or even expedient , in any case whatsoever , to do what the best and worthiest in- stincts of mankind warn us to avoid . But no won ...
Page 58
... believe a thing when we are told it , which we actu- ally see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised . I suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of a hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron ...
... believe a thing when we are told it , which we actu- ally see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised . I suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of a hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron ...
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