The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... , since the beginning of the world ; though these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of rage and fury in 4 their their composition than we have . But with re- spect NATURAL SOCIETY . 31.
... , since the beginning of the world ; though these agree ill enough with each other , and have a much greater proportion of rage and fury in 4 their their composition than we have . But with re- spect NATURAL SOCIETY . 31.
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... will , he can yet possess abundantly of every thing to gratify his most insatiable wishes . He does more . He finds that these gratifications increase in " proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects 36 A VINDICATION OF.
... will , he can yet possess abundantly of every thing to gratify his most insatiable wishes . He does more . He finds that these gratifications increase in " proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects 36 A VINDICATION OF.
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Edmund Burke. " proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample on the publick welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most ...
Edmund Burke. " proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample on the publick welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he proceeds to the most ...
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... proportion to the greatness of his services . Agricola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his re- turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of ...
... proportion to the greatness of his services . Agricola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his re- turn to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secresy of ...
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... proportion to those whom they held in a slavery . even more terrible than the Athenian . There- fore state the matter fairly : the free states never formed , though they were taken altogether , the thousandth part of the habitable globe ...
... proportion to those whom they held in a slavery . even more terrible than the Athenian . There- fore state the matter fairly : the free states never formed , though they were taken altogether , the thousandth part of the habitable globe ...
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