The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 45
... and inconvenient . In vain you tell me that artificial government is good , but that I fall out only with the abuse . The thing ! the thing itself is the abuse ! Observe , my lord , I pray A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 45.
... and inconvenient . In vain you tell me that artificial government is good , but that I fall out only with the abuse . The thing ! the thing itself is the abuse ! Observe , my lord , I pray A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 45.
Page 46
Edmund Burke. the abuse ! Observe , my lord , I pray you , that grand error upon which all artificial legislative power is founded . It was observed , that men had ungovern- able passions , which made it necessary to guard against the ...
Edmund Burke. the abuse ! Observe , my lord , I pray you , that grand error upon which all artificial legislative power is founded . It was observed , that men had ungovern- able passions , which made it necessary to guard against the ...
Page 50
... observe with as much severity as you please upon the absurd tricks , or de- structive bigotry of the bonzees . But the scene is changed as you come homeward , and atheism or trea- son may be the names given in Britain , to what would be ...
... observe with as much severity as you please upon the absurd tricks , or de- structive bigotry of the bonzees . But the scene is changed as you come homeward , and atheism or trea- son may be the names given in Britain , to what would be ...
Page 51
... observed a very material difference between my manner of rea- soning and that which is in use amongst the abet- tors of artificial society . They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations , for the ordering of ...
... observed a very material difference between my manner of rea- soning and that which is in use amongst the abet- tors of artificial society . They form their plans upon what seems most eligible to their imaginations , for the ordering of ...
Page 71
... observe in forming it . The objections , in my opin- ion , ought to be proposed , either to the several prin- ciples as they are distinctly considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to ...
... observe in forming it . The objections , in my opin- ion , ought to be proposed , either to the several prin- ciples as they are distinctly considered , or to the justness of the conclusion which is drawn from them . But it is common to ...
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