The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... forces , the same engines which were employed for the 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 ...
... forces , the same engines which were employed for the 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 ...
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... force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com- pliance with our pride and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
... force nature , and the whole order of her system , by a com- pliance with our pride and folly , to conform to our artificial regulations . It is by a conformity to this method we owe the discovery of the few truths we know , and the ...
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... force of so extensive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian em- pire , in its wars against the Greeks , and Scythians , threw away at least four millions of its subjects ; to say say nothing of its other wars ...
... force of so extensive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian em- pire , in its wars against the Greeks , and Scythians , threw away at least four millions of its subjects ; to say say nothing of its other wars ...
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... force to prove that it is an insufficient guide to them in the conduct of their lives . But unhappily for us , in propor- tion as we have deviated from the plain rule of our nature , and turned our reason against itself , in that ...
... force to prove that it is an insufficient guide to them in the conduct of their lives . But unhappily for us , in propor- tion as we have deviated from the plain rule of our nature , and turned our reason against itself , in that ...
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... absurd usurpation of man , In a state of nature , it is true , that a man of superior force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true , that I am at F 2 full full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by NATURAL SOCIETY . 67.
... absurd usurpation of man , In a state of nature , it is true , that a man of superior force may beat or rob me ; but then it is true , that I am at F 2 full full liberty to defend myself , or make reprisal by NATURAL SOCIETY . 67.
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