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Página xvii
... tion . ' Very early in his career he declared in the House of Com- mons that being warned by the ill effect of a contrary procedure in great examples , he had taken his ideas of liberty very low ; in order that they should stick to him ...
... tion . ' Very early in his career he declared in the House of Com- mons that being warned by the ill effect of a contrary procedure in great examples , he had taken his ideas of liberty very low ; in order that they should stick to him ...
Página xxiii
... tion , not from any defect or perversion of the understanding in those things which fall properly under its jurisdiction . On this profound maxim he took his stand . Thus he contended that the prejudice in favour of nobility was natural ...
... tion , not from any defect or perversion of the understanding in those things which fall properly under its jurisdiction . On this profound maxim he took his stand . Thus he contended that the prejudice in favour of nobility was natural ...
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... tion , had weakened the power of dilating it so as to take in the wide and complicated relations of fact . Hume , in dealing with contemporary topics , was an acute observer , but a bad reasoner : his mind played idly , and , as it were ...
... tion , had weakened the power of dilating it so as to take in the wide and complicated relations of fact . Hume , in dealing with contemporary topics , was an acute observer , but a bad reasoner : his mind played idly , and , as it were ...
Página xxxii
... tion . His philosophical mind readily discerned any analogy which was convertible to his own purpose , and this faculty in him was rarely misused . Burke knew general English literature well ; and he turned all his knowledge to such ...
... tion . His philosophical mind readily discerned any analogy which was convertible to his own purpose , and this faculty in him was rarely misused . Burke knew general English literature well ; and he turned all his knowledge to such ...
Página xxxix
... tion of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Na- ture has said it . The Turk can- not govern Ægypt and Arabia , and Curdistan , as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same dominion in Crimea and Algiers , which he has at ...
... tion of power must be less vigorous at the extremities . Na- ture has said it . The Turk can- not govern Ægypt and Arabia , and Curdistan , as he governs Thrace ; nor has he the same dominion in Crimea and Algiers , which he has at ...
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