irony, where Burke acted as though he was Bolingbroke and those who supported him in many ways in the Vindication, and as a theoretical realization of the danger such controversial opinions may have upon a career are the following:

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The preface presents the occasion of the essay as a riposte to the philosophy of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (died 1751), whose Collected Works and Letters had been published by David Mallet in 5 volumes in 1754.

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