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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... sure of applause ; and this alacrity becomes much greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetuosity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults ...
... sure of applause ; and this alacrity becomes much greater if he acts upon the offensive , by the impetuosity that always accompanies an attack , and the unfortunate propensity which mankind have to the finding and exaggerating faults ...
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... sure I am not disposed to blame him . Let those who have betrayed him by their adulation , insult him with their malevo- lence . But what I do not presume to cen- sure , I may have leave to lament . For a wise man , he seemed to me at ...
... sure I am not disposed to blame him . Let those who have betrayed him by their adulation , insult him with their malevo- lence . But what I do not presume to cen- sure , I may have leave to lament . For a wise man , he seemed to me at ...
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... sure it were far more proper to have called them forth , and given them the thanks of both houses of parliament , than to have suffered those wor- thy clergymen , and excellent citizens , to be hunted into holes and corners , whilst we ...
... sure it were far more proper to have called them forth , and given them the thanks of both houses of parliament , than to have suffered those wor- thy clergymen , and excellent citizens , to be hunted into holes and corners , whilst we ...
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