The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be ...
... destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of every thing else , will never permit to be ...
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... destruction of * Had his Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves ...
... destruction of * Had his Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think ourselves ...
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... destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear , there were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and , consequently , all that devastation by which they are formed , and all that ...
... destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear , there were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and , consequently , all that devastation by which they are formed , and all that ...
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... destruction . armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious stand made against them , and the unfor- tunate event of all his mighty preparations , are known to every body . In this expedition , drain- ing half Asia of its ...
... destruction . armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious stand made against them , and the unfor- tunate event of all his mighty preparations , are known to every body . In this expedition , drain- ing half Asia of its ...
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... destruction . His kingdom was rent and divided ; which served to employ the more distinct parts to tear each other to pieces , and bury the whole in blood and slaugh- ter . The kings of Syria and of Egypt , the kings of Pergamus and ...
... destruction . His kingdom was rent and divided ; which served to employ the more distinct parts to tear each other to pieces , and bury the whole in blood and slaugh- ter . The kings of Syria and of Egypt , the kings of Pergamus and ...
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