The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1871 - Great Britain |
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... things were expected from the leisure of a man , who , from the splendid scene of action in which his talents had enabled him to make so conspicuous a figure , had retired to em- ploy those talents in the investigation of truth . Phi ...
... things were expected from the leisure of a man , who , from the splendid scene of action in which his talents had enabled him to make so conspicuous a figure , had retired to em- ploy those talents in the investigation of truth . Phi ...
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... reflections to anybody . They were generally melancholy enough ; as those usually are which carry us beyond the mere surface of things ; and which would undoubtedly make the lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the.
... reflections to anybody . They were generally melancholy enough ; as those usually are which carry us beyond the mere surface of things ; and which would undoubtedly make the lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the.
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... all they treated with various circumstances of the most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute monarchy , but none more than this . A shining merit is ever 38 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... all they treated with various circumstances of the most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute monarchy , but none more than this . A shining merit is ever 38 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... things had a more ferocious appearance than they have at this day . In these early and unrefined ages , the jarring part of a certain chaotic constitution supported their several pretensions by the sword . Experience and policy have ...
... things had a more ferocious appearance than they have at this day . In these early and unrefined ages , the jarring part of a certain chaotic constitution supported their several pretensions by the sword . Experience and policy have ...
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... things ; and that those who labor not at all have the greatest num- ber of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actu- ally see ...
... things ; and that those who labor not at all have the greatest num- ber of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actu- ally see ...
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