The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the same philosophy which caused the grief , did not at the same time admi- nister the comfort . On considering political societies , their origin , their constitution , and their ...
... lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the same philosophy which caused the grief , did not at the same time admi- nister the comfort . On considering political societies , their origin , their constitution , and their ...
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... 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 destruction . His kingdom was ...
... 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 destruction . His kingdom was ...
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... live under forms that have a milder appearance , that there is scarcely a rational man in Europe , that would not prefer death to Asiatick despotism . Here then we have the acknowledgement of a great philosopher , that an irregular ...
... live under forms that have a milder appearance , that there is scarcely a rational man in Europe , that would not prefer death to Asiatick despotism . Here then we have the acknowledgement of a great philosopher , that an irregular ...
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Edmund Burke. who discovered , " that to live by one man's will , " was the cause of all men's misery . " They there- fore changed their former method , and , assembling the men in their several societies , the most respect TM able for ...
Edmund Burke. who discovered , " that to live by one man's will , " was the cause of all men's misery . " They there- fore changed their former method , and , assembling the men in their several societies , the most respect TM able for ...
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... 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 proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we ...
... 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 proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we ...
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