The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page vi
... disposed in chro- nological order , with the exception of the " Preface to Brissot's Address , " which having appeared in the author's lifetime , and from delicacy not being avowed by him , did not come within the plan of this edition ...
... disposed in chro- nological order , with the exception of the " Preface to Brissot's Address , " which having appeared in the author's lifetime , and from delicacy not being avowed by him , did not come within the plan of this edition ...
Page xiv
... disposition in the enemy to negotiate for gen- eral peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the answer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the ...
... disposition in the enemy to negotiate for gen- eral peace should not fail to be met with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . In truth , the answer , which is full of spirit and vivacity , was written the ...
Page 27
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incon- testable truth that there is more havoc made in one year by men of men , than has been made by all the lions , tigers , panthers ...
... dispositions more fierce , and arms more terrible than ever she intended we should use . It is an incon- testable truth that there is more havoc made in one year by men of men , than has been made by all the lions , tigers , panthers ...
Page 72
... dispose under different heads are in reality different things in nature . The use I make of the words may be blamed , as too confined or too extended ; my meaning cannot well be mis- understood . The use of Whatever To conclude ...
... dispose under different heads are in reality different things in nature . The use I make of the words may be blamed , as too confined or too extended ; my meaning cannot well be mis- understood . The use of Whatever To conclude ...
Page 83
... disposition , a sweet person , a sweet con- dition and the like . It is confessed , that custom and some other causes have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
... disposition , a sweet person , a sweet con- dition and the like . It is confessed , that custom and some other causes have made many deviations from the natural pleasures or pains which belong to these several tastes ; but then the ...
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