The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... king and queen , with an insulting figure * The pillory ( carcan ) in England is generally made very high , like that raised for exposing the king of France over their heads . There they exposed these objects of 22 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
... king and queen , with an insulting figure * The pillory ( carcan ) in England is generally made very high , like that raised for exposing the king of France over their heads . There they exposed these objects of 22 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
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... England . As I had good opportunities of knowing his proceedings almost from day to day , he left no doubt on my mind that he en- tertained no principle , either to influence his heart . or to guide his understanding , but vanity . With ...
... England . As I had good opportunities of knowing his proceedings almost from day to day , he left no doubt on my mind that he en- tertained no principle , either to influence his heart . or to guide his understanding , but vanity . With ...
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... England . The army which Monk commanded had been formed by Cromwell to a perfection of discipline which perhaps has never been exceeded . That army was besides of an excellent composition . The soldiers were men of extraordinary piety ...
... England . The army which Monk commanded had been formed by Cromwell to a perfection of discipline which perhaps has never been exceeded . That army was besides of an excellent composition . The soldiers were men of extraordinary piety ...
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Edmund Burke. which Monk relieved England was , however , by no means , at that time , so deplorable , in any sense , as yours is now , and under the present sway is likely to continue . Cromwell had delivered England from an- archy ...
Edmund Burke. which Monk relieved England was , however , by no means , at that time , so deplorable , in any sense , as yours is now , and under the present sway is likely to continue . Cromwell had delivered England from an- archy ...
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... England possesses under the letter of our Consti- tution . Every degree of power necessary to the state , and not destructive to the rational and moral freedom of individuals , to that personal liberty and personal security which ...
... England possesses under the letter of our Consti- tution . Every degree of power necessary to the state , and not destructive to the rational and moral freedom of individuals , to that personal liberty and personal security which ...
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