The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the ...
... manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the ...
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... manner , and in a style above the common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wished for in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it : there is no reason to conceal ...
... manner , and in a style above the common , they cannot want a number of admirers of as much docility as can be wished for in disciples . To these the editor of the following little piece has addressed it : there is no reason to conceal ...
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... manner by the other destructive consequences of war from the begin- ning of the world to this day , in the four parts of it , at a thousand times as much ; no exaggerated calcu- lation , allowing for time and extent . We have not ...
... manner by the other destructive consequences of war from the begin- ning of the world to this day , in the four parts of it , at a thousand times as much ; no exaggerated calcu- lation , allowing for time and extent . We have not ...
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... form of government is despotism , where all the inferior orbs of power are moved merely by the will of the Supreme , and all that are subjected to them directed in the same manner , 80 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... form of government is despotism , where all the inferior orbs of power are moved merely by the will of the Supreme , and all that are subjected to them directed in the same manner , 80 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and generally the worst man in the society , becomes the most foolish and capricious thing , at the same time that it is the most ter- rible and destructive that well ...
... manner of ruling being directed merely by the will of the weakest , and generally the worst man in the society , becomes the most foolish and capricious thing , at the same time that it is the most ter- rible and destructive that well ...
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