The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... minds of a civilized people . It seems to have in view two capital objects ; the first , to enable administration to confine , as long as it shall think pro- per , those whom that act is pleased to qualify by the name of pirates . Those ...
... minds of a civilized people . It seems to have in view two capital objects ; the first , to enable administration to confine , as long as it shall think pro- per , those whom that act is pleased to qualify by the name of pirates . Those ...
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... mind continues in full vigour , and it continues under a worse form . If your peace be no- thing more than a sullen pause from arms ; if their quiet be nothing but the meditation of revenge , where smitten pride smarting from its wounds ...
... mind continues in full vigour , and it continues under a worse form . If your peace be no- thing more than a sullen pause from arms ; if their quiet be nothing but the meditation of revenge , where smitten pride smarting from its wounds ...
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... mind , which formerly characterized this nation . War suspends the rules of moral obligation , and what is long suspended is in danger of being totally abrogated . Civil wars strike deepest of all into the manners of the people . They ...
... mind , which formerly characterized this nation . War suspends the rules of moral obligation , and what is long suspended is in danger of being totally abrogated . Civil wars strike deepest of all into the manners of the people . They ...
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... minds may see them without staggering or astonishment.— Some may think them matters of congratulation and compli ... mind to the feelings with which the court gazettes mean to impress the people . It is not instantly that I can be ...
... minds may see them without staggering or astonishment.— Some may think them matters of congratulation and compli ... mind to the feelings with which the court gazettes mean to impress the people . It is not instantly that I can be ...
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... mind with anxiety and diffidence . Wise men often tremble at the very things which fill the thoughtless with security . For many reasons I do not choose to expose to public view all the par- ticulars of the state in which you stood with ...
... mind with anxiety and diffidence . Wise men often tremble at the very things which fill the thoughtless with security . For many reasons I do not choose to expose to public view all the par- ticulars of the state in which you stood with ...
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