The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 66
... they have brought it into a maxim . De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa . But what could have induced them to reverse the rules , and to contradict contradict that reason which dictated them , I am utterly 66 A VINDICATION OF.
... they have brought it into a maxim . De morte hominis nulla est cunctatio longa . But what could have induced them to reverse the rules , and to contradict contradict that reason which dictated them , I am utterly 66 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 78
... theology and in politicks ? If the laws of nature are the laws of God , is it consistent with the divine wisdom to prescribe rules to us , and leave the enforcement of of them to the folly of human institutions ? Will 78 A VINDICATION OF.
... theology and in politicks ? If the laws of nature are the laws of God , is it consistent with the divine wisdom to prescribe rules to us , and leave the enforcement of of them to the folly of human institutions ? Will 78 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 97
... rules for caprice , and to set up for a legislator of whims and fancies . The term taste , like all other figurative terms , is not extremely accurate ; the thing which we understand by it is far from a simple and deter- minate idea in ...
... rules for caprice , and to set up for a legislator of whims and fancies . The term taste , like all other figurative terms , is not extremely accurate ; the thing which we understand by it is far from a simple and deter- minate idea in ...
Page 101
... rule , nor make us conclude that men have various principles con- cerning the relations of quantity or the taste of things . So that when it is said , taste cannot be disputed , it can only mean , that no one can strictly answer what ...
... rule , nor make us conclude that men have various principles con- cerning the relations of quantity or the taste of things . So that when it is said , taste cannot be disputed , it can only mean , that no one can strictly answer what ...
Page 135
... rule which we seek to establish . When men have suffered their imaginations to be long affected with any idea , it so wholly engrosses them as to shut out by degrees almost every other , and to break down every partition of the mind ...
... rule which we seek to establish . When men have suffered their imaginations to be long affected with any idea , it so wholly engrosses them as to shut out by degrees almost every other , and to break down every partition of the mind ...
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