The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... proposed afterwards to recast the same matter in a new shape . He even adver- tised the intended work under the ... Proposals for Peace was in its progress through the press when the author died . About one half of it was actually ...
... proposed afterwards to recast the same matter in a new shape . He even adver- tised the intended work under the ... Proposals for Peace was in its progress through the press when the author died . About one half of it was actually ...
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... of our resources for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged against the two former Letters on the Proposals for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty xii ADVERTISEMENT .
... of our resources for the continuance of the war was understood to have been the principal objection urged against the two former Letters on the Proposals for Peace . In performing with reverential diffidence this duty xii ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xiii
... proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this Letter a fourth was mentioned as being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the author himself , in the conclusion of the second , which it ...
... proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this Letter a fourth was mentioned as being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the author himself , in the conclusion of the second , which it ...
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... propose to compass the designs they pretend to have in view , by the instruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no better than a beast ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by ...
... propose to compass the designs they pretend to have in view , by the instruments which they employ . Do they pretend to exalt the mind of man , by proving him no better than a beast ? Do they think to enforce the practice of virtue , by ...
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... proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful harvest of ...
... proposal , they have thought utterly indefensible , they grow doubtful of their own reason ; they are thrown into a sort of pleasing surprise ; they run along with the speaker , charmed and captivated to find such a plentiful harvest of ...
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