Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that EventPenguin Books, 1969 - 400 páginas |
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... reason - because it is natural I should ; because we are so made as to be affected at such spectacles with melancholy senti- ments upon the unstable condition of mortal prosperity , and the tremendous uncertainty of human greatness ; be ...
... reason - because it is natural I should ; because we are so made as to be affected at such spectacles with melancholy senti- ments upon the unstable condition of mortal prosperity , and the tremendous uncertainty of human greatness ; be ...
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... reason involved , than to cast away the coat of prejudice , and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice , with its reason , has a motive to give action to that reason , and an affec- tion which will give it permanence ...
... reason involved , than to cast away the coat of prejudice , and to leave nothing but the naked reason ; because prejudice , with its reason , has a motive to give action to that reason , and an affec- tion which will give it permanence ...
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... reason , before we take from our establishment the natural human means of estimation , and give it up to contempt , as you have done , and in doing it have incur- red the penalties you well deserve to suffer , we desire that some other ...
... reason , before we take from our establishment the natural human means of estimation , and give it up to contempt , as you have done , and in doing it have incur- red the penalties you well deserve to suffer , we desire that some other ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 7 |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 77 |
BURKES PREFATORY NOTE | 83 |
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