The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Political miscellaniesGeorge Bell and Sons, 1891 - Great Britain |
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... danger to a life which exists only to be endangered ; that he should overlook the utter ruin of whole orders and classes of men , extending itself di- rectly , or in its nearest consequences , to at least a million of our kind , and to ...
... danger to a life which exists only to be endangered ; that he should overlook the utter ruin of whole orders and classes of men , extending itself di- rectly , or in its nearest consequences , to at least a million of our kind , and to ...
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... danger . This is the voice of nature and truth , and not of inconsistency and false pretence . The danger of anything very dear to us removes , for the moment , every other affection from the mind . When Priam had his whole thoughts ...
... danger . This is the voice of nature and truth , and not of inconsistency and false pretence . The danger of anything very dear to us removes , for the moment , every other affection from the mind . When Priam had his whole thoughts ...
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... dangerous power or influence in government , without entitling friends turned into adver- saries to argue him into the destruction of all prerogative , and to a spoliation of the whole patronage of royalty , Í do not know what can more ...
... dangerous power or influence in government , without entitling friends turned into adver- saries to argue him into the destruction of all prerogative , and to a spoliation of the whole patronage of royalty , Í do not know what can more ...
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... danger of introducing new theoretic language , unknown to the records of the kingdom , and calculated to excite vexatious questions , into a parliamentary proceeding , to do with the French Assembly , which defies all precedent , and ...
... danger of introducing new theoretic language , unknown to the records of the kingdom , and calculated to excite vexatious questions , into a parliamentary proceeding , to do with the French Assembly , which defies all precedent , and ...
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... danger of the nation's falling , at any time hereafter , under arbitrary government . ' 99 Extract from the Prince of Orange's additional Declaration . " We are confident that no persons can have such hard thoughts of us , as to imagine ...
... danger of the nation's falling , at any time hereafter , under arbitrary government . ' 99 Extract from the Prince of Orange's additional Declaration . " We are confident that no persons can have such hard thoughts of us , as to imagine ...
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