The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... principle of honest pride , all sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer ... principles , the greatest part of the governments , on earth must be concluded tyrannies , impostures , violations ...
... principle of honest pride , all sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery . The day , says Homer ... principles , the greatest part of the governments , on earth must be concluded tyrannies , impostures , violations ...
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... principles of any party , or what their pre- tensions , are ; the spirit which actuates all parties is the same ; the spirit of ambition , of self - interest , of oppression , and treachery . This spirit entirely reverses all the prin ...
... principles of any party , or what their pre- tensions , are ; the spirit which actuates all parties is the same ; the spirit of ambition , of self - interest , of oppression , and treachery . This spirit entirely reverses all the prin ...
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... principles by the effect of the composition , as well as the composition by that of the prin- ciples . We ought to compare our subject with things of a similar nature , and even with things of a contrary nature ; for discoveries may be ...
... principles by the effect of the composition , as well as the composition by that of the prin- ciples . We ought to compare our subject with things of a similar nature , and even with things of a contrary nature ; for discoveries may be ...
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... principles I endeavour to establish . This manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no princi- ple until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or ...
... principles I endeavour to establish . This manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no princi- ple until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or ...
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... principles of judgment as well as of sentiment common to all mankind , no hold could possibly be taken either on their reason or their sions , sufficient to maintain the ordinary correspondence of life . It appears indeed to be ...
... principles of judgment as well as of sentiment common to all mankind , no hold could possibly be taken either on their reason or their sions , sufficient to maintain the ordinary correspondence of life . It appears indeed to be ...
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