The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa- tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private private circulation , in quarters where he sup- posed they vi ADVERTISEMENT .
... manner corresponding with his distinguished reputa- tion . He wrote also various tracts , of a less popular description , which he designed for private private circulation , in quarters where he sup- posed they vi ADVERTISEMENT .
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... less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed ; but no sooner had he fallen himself a sacrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for ruin to enter , and give the last hand to this scene of misery and ...
... less than twelve hundred thousand lives must have been sacrificed ; but no sooner had he fallen himself a sacrifice to his vices , than a thousand breaches were made for ruin to enter , and give the last hand to this scene of misery and ...
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... less than three millions of their inhabitants . What an Aceldama , what a field of blood Sicily has been in ancient times , whilst the mode of its government was controverted between the repub- lican and tyrannical parties , and the ...
... less than three millions of their inhabitants . What an Aceldama , what a field of blood Sicily has been in ancient times , whilst the mode of its government was controverted between the repub- lican and tyrannical parties , and the ...
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... less than three millions of the species . And yet this forms but a part only , and a very small part , of the havock caused by the Roman ambition . The war with Mithridates was very little less bloody ; that prince cut off at one stroke ...
... less than three millions of the species . And yet this forms but a part only , and a very small part , of the havock caused by the Roman ambition . The war with Mithridates was very little less bloody ; that prince cut off at one stroke ...
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... less than two millions of that people . I say nothing of the loppings made from that stock whilst it stood ; nor from the suckers that grew out of the old root ever since . But if , in this inconsiderable part of the globe , such a car ...
... less than two millions of that people . I say nothing of the loppings made from that stock whilst it stood ; nor from the suckers that grew out of the old root ever since . But if , in this inconsiderable part of the globe , such a car ...
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