The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 61
... scarcely ever had a prince , who by fraud , or violence , had not made some infringement on the constitution . We scarcely ever had a parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal au- thority , how to set ...
... scarcely ever had a prince , who by fraud , or violence , had not made some infringement on the constitution . We scarcely ever had a parliament which knew , when it attempted to set limits to the royal au- thority , how to set ...
Page 74
... scarcely felt as pleasures ; at the same time that they bring on pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , un- willing and unable to search for truth ...
... scarcely felt as pleasures ; at the same time that they bring on pains and diseases , which are felt but too severely . The mind has its share of the misfortune ; it grows lazy and enervate , un- willing and unable to search for truth ...
Page 84
... scarcely pretend to creep . In considering any complex matter , we ought to examine every distinct ingredient in the composition , one by one ; and reduce every thing to the utmost simplicity ; since the condition of our nature binds us ...
... scarcely pretend to creep . In considering any complex matter , we ought to examine every distinct ingredient in the composition , one by one ; and reduce every thing to the utmost simplicity ; since the condition of our nature binds us ...
Page 103
... scarcely say that it had a sweet and pleasant flavour like tobacco , opium , or garlick , although you spoke to those who were in the con- stant use of these drugs , and had great pleasure in them . H 4 them . There is in all men a ...
... scarcely say that it had a sweet and pleasant flavour like tobacco , opium , or garlick , although you spoke to those who were in the con- stant use of these drugs , and had great pleasure in them . H 4 them . There is in all men a ...
Page 140
... scarcely an idea of more terrour . SECT . XII . SYMPATHY , IMITATION , AND AMBITION . UNDER this denomination of society , the pas- sions are of a complicated kind , and branch out into a variety of forms , agreeably to that variety of ...
... scarcely an idea of more terrour . SECT . XII . SYMPATHY , IMITATION , AND AMBITION . UNDER this denomination of society , the pas- sions are of a complicated kind , and branch out into a variety of forms , agreeably to that variety of ...
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