The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which had been for ages in rearing , and which was combined with the interest of the ...
... Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which had been for ages in rearing , and which was combined with the interest of the ...
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... Reformation , could be depurated from the dregs and feculence of the contention with which it was carried through . However , until this be done , the Reformation is not complete ; and those who think themselves good Pro- testants ...
... Reformation , could be depurated from the dregs and feculence of the contention with which it was carried through . However , until this be done , the Reformation is not complete ; and those who think themselves good Pro- testants ...
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... reformation ( if he has any ) , are all equally needless . There are , and must be , abuses in all governments . It amounts to no more than a nugatory proposition . But before I consider of what nature these abuses are , of which the ...
... reformation ( if he has any ) , are all equally needless . There are , and must be , abuses in all governments . It amounts to no more than a nugatory proposition . But before I consider of what nature these abuses are , of which the ...
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... reformation . The effect of the measure was better than was probably expected . The prince began to be at ease ; the country began to recover ; and the revenue began to be collected . These were alarming circumstances . Mr. Hastings not ...
... reformation . The effect of the measure was better than was probably expected . The prince began to be at ease ; the country began to recover ; and the revenue began to be collected . These were alarming circumstances . Mr. Hastings not ...
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... reformation . I will go further : If the court of directors had not uniformly condemned every act which this House or any of its committees had condemned ; if the language in which they expressed their disapprobation against enormities ...
... reformation . I will go further : If the court of directors had not uniformly condemned every act which this House or any of its committees had condemned ; if the language in which they expressed their disapprobation against enormities ...
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