The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 39
... sure to convict only one . In truth I should much rather admit those , whom at any time I have disrelished the most , to be patterns of perfection , than seek a consolation to my own unworthiness , in a general com- munion of depravity ...
... sure to convict only one . In truth I should much rather admit those , whom at any time I have disrelished the most , to be patterns of perfection , than seek a consolation to my own unworthiness , in a general com- munion of depravity ...
Page 40
... sure , that the only means of checking its precipitate de- generacy , is heartily to concur with whatever is the best in our time and to have some more correct standard of judging what that best is , than the transient and uncertain ...
... sure , that the only means of checking its precipitate de- generacy , is heartily to concur with whatever is the best in our time and to have some more correct standard of judging what that best is , than the transient and uncertain ...
Page 41
... sure means of honour , to be grown into disrepute , will retire dis- heartened and disgusted . Those of a more robust make , the bold , able , ambitious men , who pay some of their court to power through the people , and substitute the ...
... sure means of honour , to be grown into disrepute , will retire dis- heartened and disgusted . Those of a more robust make , the bold , able , ambitious men , who pay some of their court to power through the people , and substitute the ...
Page 47
... sure , is a far better thing than any nominal union of government . France , and indeed most extensive empires , which by vari- ous designs and fortunes have grown into one great mass , contain many provinces that are very different ...
... sure , is a far better thing than any nominal union of government . France , and indeed most extensive empires , which by vari- ous designs and fortunes have grown into one great mass , contain many provinces that are very different ...
Page 48
... sure , Sir , that the commercial experience of the mer- chants of Bristol will soon disabuse them of the prejudice , that they can trade no longer , if countries more lightly taxed are permitted to deal in the same commodities at the ...
... sure , Sir , that the commercial experience of the mer- chants of Bristol will soon disabuse them of the prejudice , that they can trade no longer , if countries more lightly taxed are permitted to deal in the same commodities at the ...
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