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Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables . 114 111 . Proportion not the
Cause of Beauty in Animals . 117 iv . Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the
Human Species . . . 118 py . Proportion further considered 122 | vi . Fitness not
the ...
Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables . 114 111 . Proportion not the
Cause of Beauty in Animals . 117 iv . Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in the
Human Species . . . 118 py . Proportion further considered 122 | vi . Fitness not
the ...
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... panthers , ounces , leopards , hyenas , rhinoceroses , elephants , bears , and
wolves , upon their several species , since the beginning of the world ; though
these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of
rage ...
... panthers , ounces , leopards , hyenas , rhinoceroses , elephants , bears , and
wolves , upon their several species , since the beginning of the world ; though
these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of
rage ...
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He finds that these gratifications increase in proportion to the wretchedness and
slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample
on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he
...
He finds that these gratifications increase in proportion to the wretchedness and
slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample
on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he
...
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It was not uncommon for a general , under the horrid despotism of the Roman
emperors , to be ill received in proportion to the greatness of his services .
Agricola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with
more ...
It was not uncommon for a general , under the horrid despotism of the Roman
emperors , to be ill received in proportion to the greatness of his services .
Agricola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with
more ...
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The freemen of Sparta and Rome were not more numerous in proportion to those
whom they held in a slavery even more terrible than the Athenian . Therefore
state the matter fairly : the free states never formed , though they were taken ...
The freemen of Sparta and Rome were not more numerous in proportion to those
whom they held in a slavery even more terrible than the Athenian . Therefore
state the matter fairly : the free states never formed , though they were taken ...
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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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