The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 26
... considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what means , to become at several times extremely populous , and to ...
... considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by what means , to become at several times extremely populous , and to ...
Page 27
... considerable ? Instances of this sort compose the uniform of history . But there have been periods when no less than universal destruction to the race of man- kind seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the ...
... considerable ? Instances of this sort compose the uniform of history . But there have been periods when no less than universal destruction to the race of man- kind seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the ...
Page 71
... considerable as it is , and the slavery , with all its baseness and horrour , which we have at home , is nothing to what the rest of the world affords of the same nature . Mil- lions daily bathed in the poisonous damps and destructive ...
... considerable as it is , and the slavery , with all its baseness and horrour , which we have at home , is nothing to what the rest of the world affords of the same nature . Mil- lions daily bathed in the poisonous damps and destructive ...
Page 87
... considerable . What- ever turns the soul inward on itself , tends to con- center its forces , and to fit it for greater and stronger flights of science . By looking into phy- sical causes our minds are opened and enlarged ; and in this ...
... considerable . What- ever turns the soul inward on itself , tends to con- center its forces , and to fit it for greater and stronger flights of science . By looking into phy- sical causes our minds are opened and enlarged ; and in this ...
Page 112
... and light , the shades of colours , all these are very easily distinguished when the difference is any way considerable , but not when it is minute , for for want of some common measures , which per- haps 112 INTRODUCTION :
... and light , the shades of colours , all these are very easily distinguished when the difference is any way considerable , but not when it is minute , for for want of some common measures , which per- haps 112 INTRODUCTION :
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