The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... favour of what , on the very 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 ...
... favour of what , on the very 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 ...
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... favour of political so- ciety . You will not fail to show how the errors of the several simple modes are corrected by a mixture of all of them , and a proper balance of the several powers in such a state . I confess , my Lord , that ...
... favour of political so- ciety . You will not fail to show how the errors of the several simple modes are corrected by a mixture of all of them , and a proper balance of the several powers in such a state . I confess , my Lord , that ...
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... favour were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unreasonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more D 2 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
... favour were asked ; and we hear this request refused , not because it is a most unjust and unreasonable desire , but that this worthy has already engaged his injustice to another . These and many more D 2 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
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... favour . But hold -a sagacious commander , in the adversary's army , has found a flaw in the proceeding . My triumph is turned into mourn- ing . I have used or instead of and , or some mistake , small in appearance , but dreadful in its ...
... favour . But hold -a sagacious commander , in the adversary's army , has found a flaw in the proceeding . My triumph is turned into mourn- ing . I have used or instead of and , or some mistake , small in appearance , but dreadful in its ...
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... favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant application to pleasure takes away from the enjoyment , or rather turns it into the nature of a very ...
... favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and never satisfying . What is worse , this constant application to pleasure takes away from the enjoyment , or rather turns it into the nature of a very ...
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