The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 34
... cause of all men's misery . " They therefore changed their former method , and assembling the men in their several societies the most respectable for their understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the public ...
... cause of all men's misery . " They therefore changed their former method , and assembling the men in their several societies the most respectable for their understanding and fortunes , they confided to them the charge of the public ...
Page 45
... cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended natural religion against a confederacy of atheists and divines . I now plead for natural society against politicians , and for natural reason against all three ...
... cause ; for it is an honest zeal , and in a good cause . I have defended natural religion against a confederacy of atheists and divines . I now plead for natural society against politicians , and for natural reason against all three ...
Page 54
... cause . My cause , which two farm- ers from the plough could have decided in half an hour , takes the court twenty years . I am however at the end of my labor , and have in reward for all my toil and vexation a judgment in my favor ...
... cause . My cause , which two farm- ers from the plough could have decided in half an hour , takes the court twenty years . I am however at the end of my labor , and have in reward for all my toil and vexation a judgment in my favor ...
Page 56
... cause he has changed the burden . If the poor man is not able to support his suit , according to the vex- atious and expensive manner established in civilized countries , has not the rich as great an advantage over him as the strong has ...
... cause he has changed the burden . If the poor man is not able to support his suit , according to the vex- atious and expensive manner established in civilized countries , has not the rich as great an advantage over him as the strong has ...
Page 64
... cause of artificial society is more de- fenceless even than that of artificial religion ; that it is as derogatory ... caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were re- ceived , the pretended wise inventions of ...
... cause of artificial society is more de- fenceless even than that of artificial religion ; that it is as derogatory ... caused wars where they were opposed , and slavery where they were re- ceived , the pretended wise inventions of ...
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