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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... less offence than treason ; vet as both are , in effect , punished with the same death , the same forfeiture , and the same corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may ...
... less offence than treason ; vet as both are , in effect , punished with the same death , the same forfeiture , and the same corruption of blood , I never would take from any fellow - creature whatever any sort of advantage which he may ...
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... less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is dissolved . We may flatter ourselves that we ...
... less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is dissolved . We may flatter ourselves that we ...
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... less . I know many have been taught to think , that moderatioL , in a case like this , is a sort of treason ; and that all argu- ments for it are sufficiently answered by railing at rebels and rebellion , and by charging all the present ...
... less . I know many have been taught to think , that moderatioL , in a case like this , is a sort of treason ; and that all argu- ments for it are sufficiently answered by railing at rebels and rebellion , and by charging all the present ...
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... less feeling for the persons , or less value for the privileges , of their revolted brethren . If we all adopted their sentiments to a man , their allies , the savage Indians , could not be more ferocious than they are : they could not ...
... less feeling for the persons , or less value for the privileges , of their revolted brethren . If we all adopted their sentiments to a man , their allies , the savage Indians , could not be more ferocious than they are : they could not ...
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... less so , since his Majesty's arms have been crowned with many consider- able advantages ? Have these successes induced us to alter our mind ; as thinking the season of victory not the time for treating with honour or advantage ...
... less so , since his Majesty's arms have been crowned with many consider- able advantages ? Have these successes induced us to alter our mind ; as thinking the season of victory not the time for treating with honour or advantage ...
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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.