The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... constitution , and observe with as much severity as you please upon the absurd tricks or destructive bigotry of the bonzees . But the scene is changed as you come home- ward , and atheism or treason may be the names given in Britain ...
... constitution , and observe with as much severity as you please upon the absurd tricks or destructive bigotry of the bonzees . But the scene is changed as you come home- ward , and atheism or treason may be the names given in Britain ...
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... - variable , that those who labour most enjoy the fewest things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 41.
... - variable , that those who labour most enjoy the fewest things ; and that those who labour not at all have the greatest number of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 41.
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Edmund Burke. of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised ...
Edmund Burke. of enjoyments . A constitution of things this , strange and ridiculous beyond expression ! We scarce believe a thing when we are told it , which we actually see before our eyes every day without being in the least surprised ...
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... constitutions , and the oppression which they make their subjects endure . Take them under what form you please , they are in effect but a despotism , and they fall , both in effect and appearance too , after a very short period , into ...
... constitutions , and the oppression which they make their subjects endure . Take them under what form you please , they are in effect but a despotism , and they fall , both in effect and appearance too , after a very short period , into ...
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... constitution of our minds , to certain con- clusions of the reasoning faculty on the objects presented to us ; for I should imagine , that the influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as it is commonly ...
... constitution of our minds , to certain con- clusions of the reasoning faculty on the objects presented to us ; for I should imagine , that the influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as it is commonly ...
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