The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government 4 PREFACE .
... to show that , without the exertion of any considerable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of religion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government 4 PREFACE .
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... force na- ture , and the whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
... force na- ture , and the whole order of her system , by a compli- ance with our pride and folly , to conform to our arti- ficial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
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... force of so exten- sive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian empire , in its wars against the Greeks and Scythians , threw away at least four millions of its subjects ; to say nothing of its other wars , and ...
... force of so exten- sive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian empire , in its wars against the Greeks and Scythians , threw away at least four millions of its subjects ; to say nothing of its other wars , and ...
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... force to prove that it is an insufficient guide to them in the conduct of their lives . But unhappily for us , in pro- portion as we have deviated from the plain rule of our own cause . nature , and turned our reason against A ...
... force to prove that it is an insufficient guide to them in the conduct of their lives . But unhappily for us , in pro- portion as we have deviated from the plain rule of our own cause . nature , and turned our reason against A ...
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... force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true , that I am at full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by surprise or by cunning , or by any other way in which I may be superior to him . But in political society , a rich man may ...
... force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true , that I am at full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by surprise or by cunning , or by any other way in which I may be superior to him . But in political society , a rich man may ...
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