The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
... passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such things as philosophy , and re- quire some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science ...
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... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
... passions of their ruler . The next personage who figures in the tragedies of this ancient theatre is Semiramis ; for we have no particulars of Ninus , but that he made immense and rapid conquests , which doubtless were not compassed ...
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... . This natural 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 .
... . This natural 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 .
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... passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their persons become victims of his sus- picions . The ...
... passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and shocking outrages upon mankind . Their persons become victims of his sus- picions . The ...
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... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless pas- sions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
... passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless pas- sions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case is worse ; their passions are less ...
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