The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page iii
... OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION xvii 67 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
... OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION xvii 67 263 OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PUBLICATION , INTITULED , PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION " 66 THE • THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS · 269 433 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER . * HE late Mr. Burke.
Page xi
... lower to the higher classes , " & c . ‡ In the first half of the paragraph commencing , " If , then , the real state of this nation , " & c . found , together with a marginal reference to the Bankrupt ADVERTISEMENT . xi PAGE.
... lower to the higher classes , " & c . ‡ In the first half of the paragraph commencing , " If , then , the real state of this nation , " & c . found , together with a marginal reference to the Bankrupt ADVERTISEMENT . xi PAGE.
Page 5
... nation subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstan- tial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to ...
... nation subsist and produce their effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstan- tial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to ...
Page 12
... which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of 12 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... which are very visible . The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and through the chinks and breaches of 12 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... nation to its neighbor ; * the support given in public distress ; the relief afforded in gen- * Had his lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned ...
... nation to its neighbor ; * the support given in public distress ; the relief afforded in gen- * Had his lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned ...
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