Burke, Select Works, Band 1Clarendon Press, 1874 - 384 Seiten |
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... whilst more than one of those who equalled or exceeded him in contemporary weight and reputation survives indeed as a great name , but in regard of permanent influence has passed away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but for ...
... whilst more than one of those who equalled or exceeded him in contemporary weight and reputation survives indeed as a great name , but in regard of permanent influence has passed away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but for ...
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... while the speeches of Sheridan are now kept on the shelf mainly to furnish examples of what to avoid , the writings of Burke are the daily bread of statesmen , speakers , and political writers . We cannot take up a review or newspaper ...
... while the speeches of Sheridan are now kept on the shelf mainly to furnish examples of what to avoid , the writings of Burke are the daily bread of statesmen , speakers , and political writers . We cannot take up a review or newspaper ...
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... while the Whig was conservative even to bigotry . ' The Whig was sneered at for considering a standing army as the bulwark of liberty , septennial parliaments as a protection against corruption , the electoral dominions as an important ...
... while the Whig was conservative even to bigotry . ' The Whig was sneered at for considering a standing army as the bulwark of liberty , septennial parliaments as a protection against corruption , the electoral dominions as an important ...
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... in the ' Politics ' of Aristotle . It is not difficult to trace this anti - theoretical and conserv- ative method in the works before us , written whilst Burke was labouring on the Whig side . In the following volume xviii INTRODUCTION .
... in the ' Politics ' of Aristotle . It is not difficult to trace this anti - theoretical and conserv- ative method in the works before us , written whilst Burke was labouring on the Whig side . In the following volume xviii INTRODUCTION .
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... while these principles in their use have been to civilisation . as the dew and the rain , in their abuse they have been a mildew and a pestilence . What they have nourished they have the power to corrupt and to destroy . As an instance ...
... while these principles in their use have been to civilisation . as the dew and the rain , in their abuse they have been a mildew and a pestilence . What they have nourished they have the power to corrupt and to destroy . As an instance ...
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