The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 21
... strong power , arising in the west , rushed in upon them and silenced their tumults , by involving all the contending parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the contentions between the successors of Alexander ...
... strong power , arising in the west , rushed in upon them and silenced their tumults , by involving all the contending parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the contentions between the successors of Alexander ...
Page 26
... strong point of light upon that part which coincides with Roman history , and of that part only on the point of time when they re- ceived the great and final stroke which made them no more a nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have ...
... strong point of light upon that part which coincides with Roman history , and of that part only on the point of time when they re- ceived the great and final stroke which made them no more a nation ; a stroke which is allowed to have ...
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... strong propensity to virtue . But unbounded power proceeds step by step , until it has eradi- cated every laudable principle . It has been remarked , that there is no prince so bad , whose favourites and ministers are not worse . There ...
... strong propensity to virtue . But unbounded power proceeds step by step , until it has eradi- cated every laudable principle . It has been remarked , that there is no prince so bad , whose favourites and ministers are not worse . There ...
Page 43
... strong hold of arbitrary power . Poland has at present the name of republick , and it is one of the aristo- cratick form ; but it is well known , that the little- finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in ...
... strong hold of arbitrary power . Poland has at present the name of republick , and it is one of the aristo- cratick form ; but it is well known , that the little- finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in ...
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... 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 a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious ...
... 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 a criminal . He went to the palace , not like a victorious ...
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