The Life of Edmund Burke. Comprehending an Impartial Account of His Literary and Political Efforts, and a Sketch of the Conduct and Character of His Most Eminent Associates, Coadjutors, and Opponents. [With a Portrait.]George Cawthorn, 1798 - 592 páginas |
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... wisdom , re- jects metaphysics , and reasons from experience , 137 - An enemy to basty innovation , ibid.Speech on the liberty of the press , 139 to 141 - Speeches on Falkland's Island , 142- Conversation with Johnson , 143 - Bon mot to ...
... wisdom , re- jects metaphysics , and reasons from experience , 137 - An enemy to basty innovation , ibid.Speech on the liberty of the press , 139 to 141 - Speeches on Falkland's Island , 142- Conversation with Johnson , 143 - Bon mot to ...
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... wisdom , recalled Britain from the deluding errors of visionary theories to the salutary lessons of experience ; from the abstraction of metaphysics and the falsities of fanciful hypo- thesis to the contemplation of their actual state ...
... wisdom , recalled Britain from the deluding errors of visionary theories to the salutary lessons of experience ; from the abstraction of metaphysics and the falsities of fanciful hypo- thesis to the contemplation of their actual state ...
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... wisdom , his wisdom the mi- nister of patriotism . He was the bulwark of the British constitution , of rational liberty , and of property ; the champion who drove back the flames of Jacobinism from our battlements and fortresses ; the ...
... wisdom , his wisdom the mi- nister of patriotism . He was the bulwark of the British constitution , of rational liberty , and of property ; the champion who drove back the flames of Jacobinism from our battlements and fortresses ; the ...
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... wisdom of a philosopher . Johnson considered this work as a model of philosophical criticism . " We have ( he said ) an example of true criticism in Burke's Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful . There is no great merit in shewing how ...
... wisdom of a philosopher . Johnson considered this work as a model of philosophical criticism . " We have ( he said ) an example of true criticism in Burke's Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful . There is no great merit in shewing how ...
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... wisdom , especially mo- ral and political knowledge and philosophy , at- tending at once to detail and generalization , fact and principle , usage and law . He still occasionally wrote political essays in periodical publications . The ...
... wisdom , especially mo- ral and political knowledge and philosophy , at- tending at once to detail and generalization , fact and principle , usage and law . He still occasionally wrote political essays in periodical publications . The ...
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