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" ... world. This is the appetite but of a few. It is a luxury, it is a privilege, it is an indulgence for those who are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace, as we are made to shrink from pain and poverty and disease. It is an instinct;... "
A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: Previous to the ... - Page 49
by Edmund Burke - 1780 - 68 pages
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 446 pages
...to fhun difgrace, as we are made to fhrink from pain, and poverty, and difeafe. It is an inftinct; and under the direction, of reafon, inftinct is always...to have fucceeded me are gone before me. They who f hould have been to me as pofterity are in the place of anceftors. I owe to the deareft relation (which...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 444 pages
...weare made to fhrink from pain, and poverty, and difeafe. It is an inftinct; and under the directioa of reafon, inftinct is always in the right. I live...to have fucceeded me are gone before me. They who fhould have been to me as pofterity are in the place of anceftors. I owe to the dear eft relation (which...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 440 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and difeafe. It is an inftincl:; and under the direction of reafon, inftincl: is always in the right. I live in an inverted order....to have fucceeded me are gone before me. They who Ihould have been to me as pofterity are in the place of anceftors. I owe to the deareft relation (which...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 536 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and under the direction of reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors....
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 540 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and under the direction of reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order.' They who ought F to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and under the direction of reason, in-. stinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors....
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - 1819 - 484 pages
...'from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct : and under the direction of reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They •who. ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and under the direction of reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct : and, under the direction of reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as ,posterity are in the place of...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct; and under the direction of' reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who should have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the...
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