The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1869 - Great Britain |
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... popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the community , but which , with some other papers , have been printed since his death , from copies which ...
... popular description , which he designed for private circulation in quarters where he supposed they might produce most benefit to the community , but which , with some other papers , have been printed since his death , from copies which ...
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... popular prejudices , because , say they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the dis- covery might be productive of the most dangerous consequences . Absurd and blasphemous notion ! as if all happiness was ...
... popular prejudices , because , say they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the dis- covery might be productive of the most dangerous consequences . Absurd and blasphemous notion ! as if all happiness was ...
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... popular form . And when they have not had strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown . themselves into the arms of despotism , as the more eligible of the two evils . This latter was the case of Denmark , who sought a ...
... popular form . And when they have not had strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown . themselves into the arms of despotism , as the more eligible of the two evils . This latter was the case of Denmark , who sought a ...
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... popular govern- ment . The earliest and most celebrated republic of this model was that of Athens . It was constructed . by no less an artist than the celebrated poet and philosopher , Solon . But no sooner was this political vessel ...
... popular govern- ment . The earliest and most celebrated republic of this model was that of Athens . It was constructed . by no less an artist than the celebrated poet and philosopher , Solon . But no sooner was this political vessel ...
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... popular assembly , as well as in a court ; and all services done the state are looked upon as dangerous to the rulers , whether sultans or senators . The ostracism at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people whom we have ...
... popular assembly , as well as in a court ; and all services done the state are looked upon as dangerous to the rulers , whether sultans or senators . The ostracism at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people whom we have ...
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