The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. less formality , according to her discretion , to ac- knowledge this new system ; or she may recognise it as a government de facto , setting aside all dis- cussion of its original legality , and considering the ancient ...
Edmund Burke. less formality , according to her discretion , to ac- knowledge this new system ; or she may recognise it as a government de facto , setting aside all dis- cussion of its original legality , and considering the ancient ...
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... less in human nature . The ancient world has furnished a strong and striking instance of such a ground for faction , full as powerful and full as mischievous as our spirit of religious system had ever been ; exciting in all the states ...
... less in human nature . The ancient world has furnished a strong and striking instance of such a ground for faction , full as powerful and full as mischievous as our spirit of religious system had ever been ; exciting in all the states ...
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... less powerful in their operation , when they had no direct point of doc- trine , either religious or civil , to assert . For a long time , however , those factions gave no small de- gree of influence to the foreign chiefs in every Ç VOL ...
... less powerful in their operation , when they had no direct point of doc- trine , either religious or civil , to assert . For a long time , however , those factions gave no small de- gree of influence to the foreign chiefs in every Ç VOL ...
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... less than an amazing conquest wrought by change of opinion , in a great part ( to be sure far from altogether ) very sudden , I cannot help letting my thoughts run along with their designs , and , without attending to geographical order ...
... less than an amazing conquest wrought by change of opinion , in a great part ( to be sure far from altogether ) very sudden , I cannot help letting my thoughts run along with their designs , and , without attending to geographical order ...
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