The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... the oppressors of France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the common ruin of king and people . There is no safety for on- est men , but by believing all possible evil of OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 7.
... the oppressors of France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the common ruin of king and people . There is no safety for on- est men , but by believing all possible evil of OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 7.
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Edmund Burke. est men , but by believing all possible evil of evil men , and by acting with promptitude , decision , and steadi- ness on that belief . I well remember , at every epo- cha of this wonderful history , in every scene of this ...
Edmund Burke. est men , but by believing all possible evil of evil men , and by acting with promptitude , decision , and steadi- ness on that belief . I well remember , at every epo- cha of this wonderful history , in every scene of this ...
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... evil . They do not commit crimes for their designs ; but they form designs that they may commit crimes . It is not their necessity , but their nature , that impels them . They are modern philos- ophers , which when you say of them , you ...
... evil . They do not commit crimes for their designs ; but they form designs that they may commit crimes . It is not their necessity , but their nature , that impels them . They are modern philos- ophers , which when you say of them , you ...
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... evil dispositions , and even form them into springs of action . Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age . Uncertain indeed ...
... evil dispositions , and even form them into springs of action . Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public au- thority . So recommended , they soon form the char- acter of the age . Uncertain indeed ...
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... to this kind of shameful evil . I have often wondered how he comes to be so much more admired and followed on the Continent than he is here . Per- haps a secret charm in the language may have its OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 31.
... to this kind of shameful evil . I have often wondered how he comes to be so much more admired and followed on the Continent than he is here . Per- haps a secret charm in the language may have its OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 31.
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