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Page 5
If some inaccuracies in calculation , in reasoning , or in method , be found ,
perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the admirers of Lord
BOLINGBROKE ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his
Lordship ' s character ...
If some inaccuracies in calculation , in reasoning , or in method , be found ,
perhaps these will not be looked upon as faults by the admirers of Lord
BOLINGBROKE ; who will , the editor is afraid , observe much more of his
Lordship ' s character ...
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Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the
more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed
in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has A ...
Having entered a protest against all objections from these quarters , I may the
more freely inquire , from history and experience , how far policy has contributed
in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has A ...
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to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has designed us for a
state of imperfection , has imposed ; how far our physical skill has cured our
constitutional disorders ; and whether it may not have introduced new ones ,
curable ...
to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has designed us for a
state of imperfection , has imposed ; how far our physical skill has cured our
constitutional disorders ; and whether it may not have introduced new ones ,
curable ...
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They are perhaps exaggerated ; therefore I shall only rate them at one million .
Let us hasten to open that great scene which establishes the Roman empire ,
and forms the grand catastrophe of the ancient drama . This empire , whilst in its ...
They are perhaps exaggerated ; therefore I shall only rate them at one million .
Let us hasten to open that great scene which establishes the Roman empire ,
and forms the grand catastrophe of the ancient drama . This empire , whilst in its ...
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We have not perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of
what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only
expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what ...
We have not perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of
what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only
expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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