The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke. A New Edition, Volume 10F. C. and J. Rivington, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... object of its prohibitions and penalties be a real evil , then you do in effect permit that very evil , which not only the reason of the thing , but your very Law , declares ought not to be permitted ; and thus it reflects exceedingly ...
... object of its prohibitions and penalties be a real evil , then you do in effect permit that very evil , which not only the reason of the thing , but your very Law , declares ought not to be permitted ; and thus it reflects exceedingly ...
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... objects of vengeance , not the conscientious Dissenter ; these men , who would take away , whatever ennobles the rank or consoles the misfortunes of human nature , by breaking off that connexion of ob- servances , of affections , of ...
... objects of vengeance , not the conscientious Dissenter ; these men , who would take away , whatever ennobles the rank or consoles the misfortunes of human nature , by breaking off that connexion of ob- servances , of affections , of ...
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... object ; for there is such a thing as tyranny as well as usurpation . You can hardly state to me a case , to which Legislature is the most confessedly competent , in which , if the rules of benignity and prudence are not observed , the ...
... object ; for there is such a thing as tyranny as well as usurpation . You can hardly state to me a case , to which Legislature is the most confessedly competent , in which , if the rules of benignity and prudence are not observed , the ...
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... object the supreme good , the ultimate end and object of man himself . The Magistrate , who is a man , and charged with the concerns of men , and to whom very spe- cially nothing human is remote and indifferent , has a right and a duty ...
... object the supreme good , the ultimate end and object of man himself . The Magistrate , who is a man , and charged with the concerns of men , and to whom very spe- cially nothing human is remote and indifferent , has a right and a duty ...
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... wrong , make that an object paramount to all other rights whatsoever . There are ways and means , by which a good man would not even save the Com- monwealth , monwealth . ** All things founded on the idea of OF THE UNITARIANS . 45.
... wrong , make that an object paramount to all other rights whatsoever . There are ways and means , by which a good man would not even save the Com- monwealth , monwealth . ** All things founded on the idea of OF THE UNITARIANS . 45.
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