The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir, Zväzok 1Harper & Bros., 1851 This work contains a selection of the writings of Edmund Burke, an influential Irish member of Parliament from 1766 and 1794 and the philosophical founder of modern conservatism. |
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... kind . Do we not read the authentic histories of scenes of this nature with as much pleasure as romances or poems , where the in- cidents are fictitious ? The prosperity of no empire , nor the grandeur of no king , can so agreeably ...
... kind . Do we not read the authentic histories of scenes of this nature with as much pleasure as romances or poems , where the in- cidents are fictitious ? The prosperity of no empire , nor the grandeur of no king , can so agreeably ...
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... kind of favour , honour , and distinction , which a court can bestow ? Add but the crime of servility ( the fædam crimen servitutis ) to every other crime , and the whole mass is immediately transmuted into virtue , and becomes the just ...
... kind of favour , honour , and distinction , which a court can bestow ? Add but the crime of servility ( the fædam crimen servitutis ) to every other crime , and the whole mass is immediately transmuted into virtue , and becomes the just ...
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... kind of remedy for this kind of evil ! I now come to the third objection , That this bill will increase the influence of the crown . An honourable gentleman has demanded of me , whether I was in earnest when I proposed to this house a ...
... kind of remedy for this kind of evil ! I now come to the third objection , That this bill will increase the influence of the crown . An honourable gentleman has demanded of me , whether I was in earnest when I proposed to this house a ...
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