The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 1C.C. Little & J. Brown, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... least to complete the larger public letter , which he then proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this letter , a fourth was mentioned as being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the ...
... least to complete the larger public letter , which he then proposed to resume . In the preface to the former edition of this letter , a fourth was mentioned as being in possession of Mr. Burke's friends . It was in fact announced by the ...
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... least , in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science precisely in their former places : and they thought they received but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in ...
... least , in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the landmarks of science precisely in their former places : and they thought they received but a poor recompense for this disappointment , in ...
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... least to reflect on our most wise form of govern- ment ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philoso- phical writings mean to object to the piety , truth and perfec- tion of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have ...
... least to reflect on our most wise form of govern- ment ; no more than I would in the freer parts of my philoso- phical writings mean to object to the piety , truth and perfec- tion of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have ...
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... least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and coun- tries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will there- fore be very ...
... least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and coun- tries ever attend the first rage of conquest . It will there- fore be very ...
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... least rational concern . The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian , monar- chies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their destruction . The armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious ...
... least rational concern . The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian , monar- chies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their destruction . The armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious ...
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