The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Miscellaneous speeches, letters, and fragments. Abridgment of English history, etc. With a general indexG. Bell & sons, 1890 - Political science |
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... character and significance from its application . It is , therefore , not to be wondered at if we perpetually recur to it in the course of this essay . In the making of a new law it is undoubtedly the duty of the legislator to see that ...
... character and significance from its application . It is , therefore , not to be wondered at if we perpetually recur to it in the course of this essay . In the making of a new law it is undoubtedly the duty of the legislator to see that ...
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... character as it enlarges its operation : it is not particular injustice , but general oppression ; and can no longer be considered as a private hardship , which might be borne , but spreads and grows up into the unfortunate im- portance ...
... character as it enlarges its operation : it is not particular injustice , but general oppression ; and can no longer be considered as a private hardship , which might be borne , but spreads and grows up into the unfortunate im- portance ...
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... It is an instance among many of that happy temper which has always given a character of amenity to your virtues , and a good - natured direction to your talents . Your speech on the Catholic Question I read with much 56 SECOND LETTER 10.
... It is an instance among many of that happy temper which has always given a character of amenity to your virtues , and a good - natured direction to your talents . Your speech on the Catholic Question I read with much 56 SECOND LETTER 10.
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... character of your mind , I should be satisfied on that point by the cry that is raised against you . If you had behaved , as they call it , discreetly , that is , faintly and treacherously , in the execution of your trust , you would ...
... character of your mind , I should be satisfied on that point by the cry that is raised against you . If you had behaved , as they call it , discreetly , that is , faintly and treacherously , in the execution of your trust , you would ...
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... character , when malignantly taken up and deliberately pur- sued , which more naturally excites indignation and abhor- rence in mankind ; especially in that part of mankind which suffers from it . I do not pretend to take pride in an ...
... character , when malignantly taken up and deliberately pur- sued , which more naturally excites indignation and abhor- rence in mankind ; especially in that part of mankind which suffers from it . I do not pretend to take pride in an ...
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Page 107 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.