The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... become , in its time and circumstances , not a little ex- pedient for the peace and union of the colonies amongst themselves , as well as for their perfect harmony with Great Britain . Thinking so , ( perhaps erroneously , ) but being ...
... become , in its time and circumstances , not a little ex- pedient for the peace and union of the colonies amongst themselves , as well as for their perfect harmony with Great Britain . Thinking so , ( perhaps erroneously , ) but being ...
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... become odious since that time , and full of horror to the colonies , it is because the unsuspicious con- fidence is lost , and the parental affection , in the bosom of whose boundless authority they reposed their privileges , is become ...
... become odious since that time , and full of horror to the colonies , it is because the unsuspicious con- fidence is lost , and the parental affection , in the bosom of whose boundless authority they reposed their privileges , is become ...
Page 37
... becoming a Christian man , in his own personal stability and rectitude . I hope I am far from that vain confidence , which almost always fails in trial . I know my weakness in all respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I ...
... becoming a Christian man , in his own personal stability and rectitude . I hope I am far from that vain confidence , which almost always fails in trial . I know my weakness in all respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I ...
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... becomes indisposed to ill - exercised power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join with that society , and cannot long be joined without in some de- gree assimilating to it . Virtue will catch as well as vice by ...
... becomes indisposed to ill - exercised power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join with that society , and cannot long be joined without in some de- gree assimilating to it . Virtue will catch as well as vice by ...
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... become suspected to us , because we see them animating the present opposition of our children . The faults which grow out of the luxuriance of freedom appear much more shocking to us than the base vices which are generated from the ...
... become suspected to us , because we see them animating the present opposition of our children . The faults which grow out of the luxuriance of freedom appear much more shocking to us than the base vices which are generated from the ...
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