The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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Page 34
... manner of abuses and villanies in officers remain unpunished ; the greatest frauds and robberies in the public revenues are committed in defiance of justice ; and abuses grow , by time and impunity , into customs ; until they prescribe ...
... manner of abuses and villanies in officers remain unpunished ; the greatest frauds and robberies in the public revenues are committed in defiance of justice ; and abuses grow , by time and impunity , into customs ; until they prescribe ...
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... manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no princi- ple until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and ora ...
... manner of proceeding I should think very improper . The task would be infinite , if we could establish no princi- ple until we had previously unravelled the complex texture of every image or description to be found in poets and ora ...
Page 53
... comprehends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . L -Circa vilem patulumque morabimur orbem , Unde pudor proferre ON TASTE . 53.
... comprehends , according to her manner of combining . We are limited in our inquiry by the strict laws to which we have submitted at our setting out . L -Circa vilem patulumque morabimur orbem , Unde pudor proferre ON TASTE . 53.
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... manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to be light to one eye , appears light to another ; that what seems sweet to one palate , is sweet to another ...
... manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to be light to one eye , appears light to another ; that what seems sweet to one palate , is sweet to another ...
Page 55
... manner of great and little , hard and soft , hot and cold , rough and smooth , and indeed of all the natural qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different ...
... manner of great and little , hard and soft , hot and cold , rough and smooth , and indeed of all the natural qualities and affections of bodies . If we suffer ourselves to imagine , that their senses present to different men different ...
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