The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... require some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precisely in their former places : and B 2 and they thought they received but a poor recom- pence.
... require some of them at least in every philosophical work , all these were certainly disappointed ; they found the land- marks of science precisely in their former places : and B 2 and they thought they received but a poor recom- pence.
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... least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have ...
... least to reflect on our most wise form of government ; no more than I would , in the freer parts of my philosophical writings , mean to object to the piety , truth , and perfection of our most excellent church . Both I am sensible have ...
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... least ; the van- quished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever at- tend the first rage of conquest . It will therefore be very ...
... least ; the van- quished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter is always in the flight , and great carnage did in those times and countries ever at- tend the first rage of conquest . It will therefore be very ...
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... least one million of his species , un- provoked but by his ambition , without any motives but pride , cruelty , and madness , and without any benefit to himself ; ( for Justin expressly tells us he did not maintain his conquests ) but ...
... least one million of his species , un- provoked but by his ambition , without any motives but pride , cruelty , and madness , and without any benefit to himself ; ( for Justin expressly tells us he did not maintain his conquests ) but ...
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... least rational concern . The The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian monarchies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their destruction . armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious stand ...
... least rational concern . The The Babylonian , Assyrian , Median , and Persian monarchies must have poured out seas of blood in their formation , and in their destruction . armies and fleets of Xerxes , their numbers , the glorious stand ...
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