The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... feel exactly the same emotions of grief and shame in all its miserable consequences ; whether they ap- pear , on the one side or the other , in the shape of victories or defeats , of captures made from the English on the conti- nent ...
... feel exactly the same emotions of grief and shame in all its miserable consequences ; whether they ap- pear , on the one side or the other , in the shape of victories or defeats , of captures made from the English on the conti- nent ...
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Edmund Burke. of mankind , or to his reputation from their general feel- ings , by degrading his offence , when I cannot soften his punishment . The general sense of mankind tells me , that those offences , which may possibly arise from ...
Edmund Burke. of mankind , or to his reputation from their general feel- ings , by degrading his offence , when I cannot soften his punishment . The general sense of mankind tells me , that those offences , which may possibly arise from ...
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... feel its distemper . As yet they , and their German allies of twenty hireling states , have contended only with the unprepared strength of our own infant colonies . But America is not subdued . Not one unattacked village which was ...
... feel its distemper . As yet they , and their German allies of twenty hireling states , have contended only with the unprepared strength of our own infant colonies . But America is not subdued . Not one unattacked village which was ...
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... feeling for the persons , or less value for the privileges , of their revolted brethren . If we all adopted their sentiments to a man , their allies , the savage Indians , could not be more ferocious than they are : they could not ...
... feeling for the persons , or less value for the privileges , of their revolted brethren . If we all adopted their sentiments to a man , their allies , the savage Indians , could not be more ferocious than they are : they could not ...
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... ; and not a matter of moral prudence and natural feeling . They have disputed , whether liberty be a positive or a negative idea ; whether it does not consist in being governed by laws , without LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 29.
... ; and not a matter of moral prudence and natural feeling . They have disputed , whether liberty be a positive or a negative idea ; whether it does not consist in being governed by laws , without LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 29.
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