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What advantage do we derive from such writings ? What delight can a man find in
employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes ,
in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to ...
What advantage do we derive from such writings ? What delight can a man find in
employing a capacity which might be usefully exerted for the noblest purposes ,
in a sort of sullen labour , in which , if the author could succeed , he is obliged to ...
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Some persons have thought that the advantages of the state of nature ought to
have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample
subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The
writers ...
Some persons have thought that the advantages of the state of nature ought to
have been more fully displayed . This had undoubtedly been a very ample
subject for declamation ; but they do not consider the character of the piece . The
writers ...
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Man found a considerable advantage by this union of many persons to form one
family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account proportionably in an
union of many families into one body politic . And as nature has formed no bond
of ...
Man found a considerable advantage by this union of many persons to form one
family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account proportionably in an
union of many families into one body politic . And as nature has formed no bond
of ...
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It could boast none of the advantages of a despotism , miserable as those
advantages were , and it was overloaded with an exuberance of mischiefs ,
unknown even to despotism itself . In effect , it is no more than a disorderly .
tyranny .
It could boast none of the advantages of a despotism , miserable as those
advantages were , and it was overloaded with an exuberance of mischiefs ,
unknown even to despotism itself . In effect , it is no more than a disorderly .
tyranny .
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I submit to the condition , and though I have a notorious advantage before me , I
waive the pursuit . For else , my Lord , it is very obvious what a picture might be
drawn of the excesses of party even in our own nation . I could show , that the ...
I submit to the condition , and though I have a notorious advantage before me , I
waive the pursuit . For else , my Lord , it is very obvious what a picture might be
drawn of the excesses of party even in our own nation . I could show , that the ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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