The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assemblyG. Bell & sons, 1892 |
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... become presumptions of guilt ) be proved against him , and the bare suspicion of the crown puts him out of the law . It is even by no means clear to me , whether the negative proof does not lie upon the person apprehended on suspicion ...
... become presumptions of guilt ) be proved against him , and the bare suspicion of the crown puts him out of the law . It is even by no means clear to me , whether the negative proof does not lie upon the person apprehended on suspicion ...
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... becomes gradually less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is dissolved . We may flatter ...
... becomes gradually less dear to us . The very names of affection and kindred , which were the bond of charity whilst we agreed , become new in- centives to hatred and rage , when the communion of our country is dissolved . We may flatter ...
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... become a slighter distemper on account of the number of those who may be infected with it . Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less , because they are universal . I de- clare , that I cannot discern the least advantage ...
... become a slighter distemper on account of the number of those who may be infected with it . Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less , because they are universal . I de- clare , that I cannot discern the least advantage ...
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... become an encouragement to them to break off all connexion with it , what is the inference ? Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think ...
... become an encouragement to them to break off all connexion with it , what is the inference ? Does anybody seriously maintain , that , charged with my share of the public councils , I am obliged not to resist projects which I think ...
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... become a matter of ministerial negotiation . I am charged with being an American . If warm affection towards those over whom I claim any share of authority be a crime , I am guilty of this charge . But I do assure you , ( and they who ...
... become a matter of ministerial negotiation . I am charged with being an American . If warm affection towards those over whom I claim any share of authority be a crime , I am guilty of this charge . But I do assure you , ( and they who ...
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Page 560 - CHAUCER'S Poetical Works. With Poems formerly attributed to him. With a Memoir, Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary, by R. Bell. Improved edition, with Preliminary Essay by Rev. WW Skeat, MA Portrait. 4 vols.
Page 321 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 553 - Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.