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... those who hoped to see morality illustrated and enforced ; those who looked
for new helps to society and government ; those who desired to see the
characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such
things as ...
... those who hoped to see morality illustrated and enforced ; those who looked
for new helps to society and government ; those who desired to see the
characters and passions of mankind delineated ; in short , all who consider such
things as ...
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This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not
consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst they
oppose every system , are wisely careful never to set up any of their own . If some
...
This had undoubtedly been a very ample subject for declamation ; but they do not
consider the character of the piece . The writers against religion , whilst they
oppose every system , are wisely careful never to set up any of their own . If some
...
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... caused the grief , did not , at the same time , administer the comfort . On
considering political societies , their origin , their constitution , and their effects , I
have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did
ever.
... caused the grief , did not , at the same time , administer the comfort . On
considering political societies , their origin , their constitution , and their effects , I
have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did
ever.
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And since it has so happened , and that we owe an implicit reverence to all the
institutions of our ancestors , we shall consider these institutions with all that
modesty with which we ought to conduct ourselves in examining a received
opinion ...
And since it has so happened , and that we owe an implicit reverence to all the
institutions of our ancestors , we shall consider these institutions with all that
modesty with which we ought to conduct ourselves in examining a received
opinion ...
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He ought , ” says this great political Doctor , “ to consider peace only as a
breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to
execute military plans . ” A meditation on the conduct of political societies made
old Hobbes ...
He ought , ” says this great political Doctor , “ to consider peace only as a
breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to
execute military plans . ” A meditation on the conduct of political societies made
old Hobbes ...
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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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