The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of soci- ety ; and you feared that the curiosity of this search . might endanger the ruin of the ...
... party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of soci- ety ; and you feared that the curiosity of this search . might endanger the ruin of the ...
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... parties and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
... parties and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
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... parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the contentions between the suc- cessors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and ...
... parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the contentions between the suc- cessors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and ...
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... parties , and the possession struggled for by the natives , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , and the Romans , your lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total destruction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You ...
... parties , and the possession struggled for by the natives , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , and the Romans , your lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total destruction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You ...
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... parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too , for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , supported each of them by one or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service . The people , * Sciant ...
... parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too , for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , supported each of them by one or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service . The people , * Sciant ...
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