The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: A vindication of natural society. An essay on the sublime and beautiful. Political miscellaniesG. Bell & sons, 1902 |
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... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
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... suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three mil- lions of souls expire ...
... suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three mil- lions of souls expire ...
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... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern , commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern , commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
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... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thou sand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thou sand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
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... suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to ...
... suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to ...
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Page 512 - Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man. 3*. 6d. Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man. 5*.
Page 460 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them than the accumulated winter of both the Poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game, along the coast of Brazil.
Page 506 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Page 445 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 91 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 466 - in America as in England. General Gage marks out this disposition very particularly in a letter on your table. He states, that all the people in his government are lawyers, or smatterers in law, — and that in Boston they have been enabled, by successful chicane, wholly to evade many parts of one of your capital penal constitutions.
Page 506 - Deny them this participation of freedom, and you break that sole bond which originally made, and must still preserve, the unity of the empire.