The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1John West and O.C. Greenleaf, 1806 |
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... shew that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
... shew that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
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... shew , that political society is justly charge- able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
... shew , that political society is justly charge- able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
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... shew , that the same faction has in one reign promoted popular seditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could shew , that they have all of them betrayed the publick safety at all times , and have very fre- quently with ...
... shew , that the same faction has in one reign promoted popular seditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could shew , that they have all of them betrayed the publick safety at all times , and have very fre- quently with ...
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... Shew me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theologians , and I will shew you an hundred , resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake to ...
... Shew me any mischief produced by the madness or wickedness of theologians , and I will shew you an hundred , resulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will undertake to ...
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... shew in a clear light the gen- uine face of nature . They know that whilst the mind is in- tent on the general scheme of things , some particular parts must be neglected ; that we must often submit the style to the matter , and ...
... shew in a clear light the gen- uine face of nature . They know that whilst the mind is in- tent on the general scheme of things , some particular parts must be neglected ; that we must often submit the style to the matter , and ...
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Página 110 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 111 - 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...
Página 320 - It is reconciled in policy ; and politics ought to be adjusted, not to human reasonings, but to human nature ; of which the reason is but a part, and by no means the greatest part.
Página 488 - The Parliament of Great Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities: one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character, in which as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all, without annihilating any.
Página 486 - Be content to bind America by laws of trade; you have always done it. Let this be your reason for binding their trade. Do not burden them by taxes ; you were not used to do so from the beginning. Let this be your reason for not taxing. These are the arguments of states and kingdoms. Leave the rest to the schools; for there only they may be discussed with safety.
Página 444 - The feelings of the colonies were formerly the feelings of Great Britain. Theirs were formerly the feelings of Mr. Hampden when called upon for the payment of twenty shillings. Would twenty shillings have ruined Mr. Hampden's fortune? No! but the payment of half twenty shillings, on the principle it was demanded, would have made him a slave.
Página 163 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out 140 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Página 107 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Página 208 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Página 107 - When we know the full extent of any danger, when we can accustom our eyes to it, a great deal of the apprehension vanishes. Every one will be sensible of this who considers how greatly night adds to our dread in all cases of danger, and how much the notions of ghosts and goblins, of which none can form clear ideas, affect minds which give credit to the popular tales concerning such sorts of beings.