The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... Lord Coke's Reports that pleased me very much , though I do not know from whence he has taken it : " Interdum fucata falsitas ( says he ) , in multis est probabilior , et sæpe ra- tionibus vincit nudam veritatem . " In such cases the ...
... Lord Coke's Reports that pleased me very much , though I do not know from whence he has taken it : " Interdum fucata falsitas ( says he ) , in multis est probabilior , et sæpe ra- tionibus vincit nudam veritatem . " In such cases the ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his lordship's character in such particulars of the follow- ing letter , than they are likely to find of that rapid torrent of an impetuous and overbearing ...
... Lord Bolingbroke ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his lordship's character in such particulars of the follow- ing letter , than they are likely to find of that rapid torrent of an impetuous and overbearing ...
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Edmund Burke. A LETTER TO LORD HALL I venture to say , my lord , that in our late conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We ...
Edmund Burke. A LETTER TO LORD HALL I venture to say , my lord , that in our late conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We ...
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... lord , to have proceeded in a sort of method in estimating the num- bers of mankind cut off in these wars which we have on record . But I am obliged to alter my design . Such a tragical uniformity of havoc and murder would disgust your ...
... lord , to have proceeded in a sort of method in estimating the num- bers of mankind cut off in these wars which we have on record . But I am obliged to alter my design . Such a tragical uniformity of havoc and murder would disgust your ...
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