The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... destroyed ; and he was a wise Greek , wise for the general Gre- cian interests , as well as a brave Lacedæmonian ene- my and generous conqueror , who did not wish , by the destruction of Athens , to pluck out the other eye of Greece ...
... destroyed ; and he was a wise Greek , wise for the general Gre- cian interests , as well as a brave Lacedæmonian ene- my and generous conqueror , who did not wish , by the destruction of Athens , to pluck out the other eye of Greece ...
Page 25
... in supporting their power and destroy- ing their enemies . They have therefore chosen a selfish , flattering , seductive , ostentatious vice , in the place of plain duty . True humility , the basis OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 25.
... in supporting their power and destroy- ing their enemies . They have therefore chosen a selfish , flattering , seductive , ostentatious vice , in the place of plain duty . True humility , the basis OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 25.
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... destroy those aristocratic prejudices . The passion called love has so general and powerful an influence , it makes so much of the entertainment , and indeed so much the occupation , of that part of life which decides the character ...
... destroy those aristocratic prejudices . The passion called love has so general and powerful an influence , it makes so much of the entertainment , and indeed so much the occupation , of that part of life which decides the character ...
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... destroy the gentlemen of France ; and for that purpose they destroy , to the best of their power , all the effect of those relations which may render considerable men powerful or even safe . To destroy that order , they vitiate the ...
... destroy the gentlemen of France ; and for that purpose they destroy , to the best of their power , all the effect of those relations which may render considerable men powerful or even safe . To destroy that order , they vitiate the ...
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... destroy that tribunal of conscience which exists independently of edicts and decrees . Your despots govern by terror . They know that he who fears God fears nothing else ; and therefore they eradicate from the mind , through their ...
... destroy that tribunal of conscience which exists independently of edicts and decrees . Your despots govern by terror . They know that he who fears God fears nothing else ; and therefore they eradicate from the mind , through their ...
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