The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. A New Edition, Volume 10F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... necessary consequences one of the other ; and then this judgment is an equal and a superiour vio- lation of private judgment ; the right of private judgment is violated in a much greater degree than it can be by any previous ...
... necessary consequences one of the other ; and then this judgment is an equal and a superiour vio- lation of private judgment ; the right of private judgment is violated in a much greater degree than it can be by any previous ...
Page 21
... necessary to sort out what is intended for example , what only as narrative , what to be understood literally , what figuratively , where one precept is to be controlled and modified by another --what is used directly , and what only as ...
... necessary to sort out what is intended for example , what only as narrative , what to be understood literally , what figuratively , where one precept is to be controlled and modified by another --what is used directly , and what only as ...
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... necessary I should sacrifice either . I do not like the idea of tolerating the doctrines of Epicurus : but nothing in the world propagates them so much as the oppression of the poor , of the honest , and candid disciples of the religion ...
... necessary I should sacrifice either . I do not like the idea of tolerating the doctrines of Epicurus : but nothing in the world propagates them so much as the oppression of the poor , of the honest , and candid disciples of the religion ...
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... necessary for the preservation of the whole ; for as self - preserva- tion in individuals is the first law of Nature , the same will prevail in societies , who will , right or wrong , make that an object paramount to all other rights ...
... necessary for the preservation of the whole ; for as self - preserva- tion in individuals is the first law of Nature , the same will prevail in societies , who will , right or wrong , make that an object paramount to all other rights ...
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... necessary to fix some bound , to plant some land- mark , which we are never to exceed . This is what the Bill proposes . First , on this head , I lay it down as a fundamental rule in the Law and Con- stitution of this Country , that ...
... necessary to fix some bound , to plant some land- mark , which we are never to exceed . This is what the Bill proposes . First , on this head , I lay it down as a fundamental rule in the Law and Con- stitution of this Country , that ...
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