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... Cause of the Present Discontents ( 1770 ) .117 .121 Speech on Conciliation ( 1775 ) .176 Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol ( 1777 ) .223 III . IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION Tract on the Popery Laws ( 1765 ) .253 A Letter to a Peer ...
... Cause of the Present Discontents ( 1770 ) .117 .121 Speech on Conciliation ( 1775 ) .176 Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol ( 1777 ) .223 III . IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION Tract on the Popery Laws ( 1765 ) .253 A Letter to a Peer ...
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... cause a relapse . Johnson added that if a stranger were to stop under a shed during a shower , and found himself with Burke , upon leaving he would say to himself that he had been with a most remarkable man . Boswell took special pains ...
... cause a relapse . Johnson added that if a stranger were to stop under a shed during a shower , and found himself with Burke , upon leaving he would say to himself that he had been with a most remarkable man . Boswell took special pains ...
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... causes . But in his constant efforts to establish an orderly , just , and free society , under constitutional and moral law , he set forth the vital ideas and principles of his political philos- ophy , which has continued to influence ...
... causes . But in his constant efforts to establish an orderly , just , and free society , under constitutional and moral law , he set forth the vital ideas and principles of his political philos- ophy , which has continued to influence ...
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... cause the will of man is free to obey or defy the moral law , and be- cause his social circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although justice must always be observed , the ...
... cause the will of man is free to obey or defy the moral law , and be- cause his social circumstances are infinitely varied , in contingent matters and details there can be no general laws . Although justice must always be observed , the ...
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... cause , and to support para- doxical opinions to the satisfaction of a common auditory , than to establish a doubtful truth by solid and conclusive arguments . When men find that something can be said in favor of what , on the very ...
... cause , and to support para- doxical opinions to the satisfaction of a common auditory , than to establish a doubtful truth by solid and conclusive arguments . When men find that something can be said in favor of what , on the very ...
Contents
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An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
IRELAND AND CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION | 251 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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