The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 43
... factions , which subsisted at Athens , the same tu- mults , the same revolutions , and , in fine , the same slavery ; if , perhaps , their former condition did not deserve that name altogether as well . All other re- publics were of the ...
... factions , which subsisted at Athens , the same tu- mults , the same revolutions , and , in fine , the same slavery ; if , perhaps , their former condition did not deserve that name altogether as well . All other re- publics were of the ...
Page 50
... faction has , in one reign , promoted popular seditions , and , in the next , been a patron of tyranny : I could show that they have all of them betrayed the public safety at all times , and have very frequently with equal perfiuy made ...
... faction has , in one reign , promoted popular seditions , and , in the next , been a patron of tyranny : I could show that they have all of them betrayed the public safety at all times , and have very frequently with equal perfiuy made ...
Page 51
... faction , I will not presume to determine . Sure I am that they are very great evils . I have done with the forms of government . Dur- ing the course of my inquiry you may have observed a very material difference between my manner of ...
... faction , I will not presume to determine . Sure I am that they are very great evils . I have done with the forms of government . Dur- ing the course of my inquiry you may have observed a very material difference between my manner of ...
Page 355
... faction for these four years , after all the vain expectations which they have held out to a deluded public , this their great advo- cate , after twisting the subject every way , after writh- ing himself in every posture , after ...
... faction for these four years , after all the vain expectations which they have held out to a deluded public , this their great advo- cate , after twisting the subject every way , after writh- ing himself in every posture , after ...
Page 382
... faction . However this might be , the licen- tiousness and tumults of the common people , and the contempt of government , of which our author so often and so bitterly complains , as owing to the mis- management of the subsequent ...
... faction . However this might be , the licen- tiousness and tumults of the common people , and the contempt of government , of which our author so often and so bitterly complains , as owing to the mis- management of the subsequent ...
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