The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... taken into our consideration , by which go- vernment may be subverted . The monied men , merchants , principal tradesmen , and men of let- ters , ( hitherto generally thought the peaceable and even timid part of society ) are the chief ...
... taken into our consideration , by which go- vernment may be subverted . The monied men , merchants , principal tradesmen , and men of let- ters , ( hitherto generally thought the peaceable and even timid part of society ) are the chief ...
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... taken out of trade or from families newly created by commerce . In no pe- riod has so small a number of noble families en- tered into the counting - house . I can call to mind but one in all England , and his is of near fifty years ...
... taken out of trade or from families newly created by commerce . In no pe- riod has so small a number of noble families en- tered into the counting - house . I can call to mind but one in all England , and his is of near fifty years ...
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... taken an active part in this business . But a languor with regard to so remote an interest , and the principles and passions which were then strongly at work at home , were the causes why Great Britain would not give France any ...
... taken an active part in this business . But a languor with regard to so remote an interest , and the principles and passions which were then strongly at work at home , were the causes why Great Britain would not give France any ...
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... taken in some way or other to prevent the spreading of this influence , I scarcely think any of them perfectly secure . Italy is divided , as Germany and Switzerland are , into many smaller states , and with some con- siderable ...
... taken in some way or other to prevent the spreading of this influence , I scarcely think any of them perfectly secure . Italy is divided , as Germany and Switzerland are , into many smaller states , and with some con- siderable ...
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... taken out of their hands and lest that body , in which remains the only life that exists in Spain , and is not a fever , may with their property lose all the influence ne- cessary to preserve the monarchy , or , being poor and desperate ...
... taken out of their hands and lest that body , in which remains the only life that exists in Spain , and is not a fever , may with their property lose all the influence ne- cessary to preserve the monarchy , or , being poor and desperate ...
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