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Page 170
The third are those which are formed by an union , an arbitrary union , of both the
others , and of the various relations between them in greater or less degrees of
complexity ; as virtue , honour , persuasion , magistrate , and the like . These I call
...
The third are those which are formed by an union , an arbitrary union , of both the
others , and of the various relations between them in greater or less degrees of
complexity ; as virtue , honour , persuasion , magistrate , and the like . These I call
...
Page 172
Compounded abstract words , of which we have been speaking , ( honour ,
justice , liberty , and the like , ) produce the first and the last of these effects , but
not the second . Simple abstracts are used to signify some one simple idea ,
without ...
Compounded abstract words , of which we have been speaking , ( honour ,
justice , liberty , and the like , ) produce the first and the last of these effects , but
not the second . Simple abstracts are used to signify some one simple idea ,
without ...
Page 183
... they consulted its interests , they asserted its honour abroad , with temper and
with firmness ; by making an advantageous treaty of commerce with Russia ; by
obtaining a liquidation of the Canada bills , to the satisfaction of the proprietors ...
... they consulted its interests , they asserted its honour abroad , with temper and
with firmness ; by making an advantageous treaty of commerce with Russia ; by
obtaining a liquidation of the Canada bills , to the satisfaction of the proprietors ...
Page 192
Subjection to France without a struggle will indeed be less for our honour , but on
every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his
representation of things , the question is only concerning the most easy fall .
Subjection to France without a struggle will indeed be less for our honour , but on
every principle of our author it must be more for our advantage . According to his
representation of things , the question is only concerning the most easy fall .
Page 266
... and to the external honour and dignity , of this country , had been all at once
subverted , by an irruption of a sort of wild , licentious , unprincipled invaders ,
who wantonly , and with a barbarous rage , had defaced a thousand fair
monuments ...
... and to the external honour and dignity , of this country , had been all at once
subverted , by an irruption of a sort of wild , licentious , unprincipled invaders ,
who wantonly , and with a barbarous rage , had defaced a thousand fair
monuments ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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