The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assemblyG. Bell & sons, 1892 - Political science |
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... concern to be made very sensible of the absolute necessity of this total eclipse of liberty . They would more carefully advert to every renewal , and more powerfully resist it . These great determined measures are not commonly so ...
... concern to be made very sensible of the absolute necessity of this total eclipse of liberty . They would more carefully advert to every renewal , and more powerfully resist it . These great determined measures are not commonly so ...
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... concern- ing metaphysical liberty and necessity ; and not a matter of moral prudence and natural feeling . They have disputed , whether liberty be a positive or a negative idea ; whether it does not consist in being governed by laws ...
... concern- ing metaphysical liberty and necessity ; and not a matter of moral prudence and natural feeling . They have disputed , whether liberty be a positive or a negative idea ; whether it does not consist in being governed by laws ...
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... concerned ; and not always to attempt violently to bend the people to their theories of subjection . The bulk of mankind on their part are not excessively curious concerning any theories , whilst they are really happy ; and one sure ...
... concerned ; and not always to attempt violently to bend the people to their theories of subjection . The bulk of mankind on their part are not excessively curious concerning any theories , whilst they are really happy ; and one sure ...
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... concern- ing the more advantageous situation of Ireland for some branches of commerce , ( for it is so but for some , ) I trust you will not find them more serious . Milford Haven , which is at your door , may serve to show you , that ...
... concern- ing the more advantageous situation of Ireland for some branches of commerce , ( for it is so but for some , ) I trust you will not find them more serious . Milford Haven , which is at your door , may serve to show you , that ...
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... concern to find , that my conduct had been a cause of uneasiness to any of them . Next to my honour and conscience , I have nothing so near and dear to me as their approbation . How- ever , I had much rather run the risk of displeasing ...
... concern to find , that my conduct had been a cause of uneasiness to any of them . Next to my honour and conscience , I have nothing so near and dear to me as their approbation . How- ever , I had much rather run the risk of displeasing ...
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Page 560 - CHAUCER'S Poetical Works. With Poems formerly attributed to him. With a Memoir, Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary, by R. Bell. Improved edition, with Preliminary Essay by Rev. WW Skeat, MA Portrait. 4 vols.
Page 321 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 553 - Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.