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Page 5
If it be , it is surely among such rebellious children that examples for
disobedience should be made , to be in any degree instructive : for whoever
thought of teaching parents their duty by an example from the punishment of an
undutiful son ?
If it be , it is surely among such rebellious children that examples for
disobedience should be made , to be in any degree instructive : for whoever
thought of teaching parents their duty by an example from the punishment of an
undutiful son ?
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It ought to be our wish , as it is our duty , not only to forbear this style of outrage
ourselves , but to make every one as sensible as we can of the impropriety and
unworthiness of the tempers which give rise to it , and which designing men are ...
It ought to be our wish , as it is our duty , not only to forbear this style of outrage
ourselves , but to make every one as sensible as we can of the impropriety and
unworthiness of the tempers which give rise to it , and which designing men are ...
Page 29
... inflaming our passions with the heat and pride of controversy , it was our duty ,
in all soberness , to conform our government to the character and circumstances
of the several people who composed this mighty and strangely diversified mass .
... inflaming our passions with the heat and pride of controversy , it was our duty ,
in all soberness , to conform our government to the character and circumstances
of the several people who composed this mighty and strangely diversified mass .
Page 30
... in every point which relates either to our duties or satisfactions in life , are
destructive both to virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to
be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle
precisely .
... in every point which relates either to our duties or satisfactions in life , are
destructive both to virtue and enjoyment . Liberty too must be limited in order to
be possessed . The degree of restraint it is impossible in any case to settle
precisely .
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If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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