The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... France too , that the reigning usurp- ers would not have carried their tyranny to such de- structive lengths , if ... France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the common ruin of king and people . There is no ...
... France too , that the reigning usurp- ers would not have carried their tyranny to such de- structive lengths , if ... France , has been among the causes which have helped to bring on the common ruin of king and people . There is no ...
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... King William so much as the care he took to fill the vacant bishoprics with men who had attracted the public esteem ... France , in which they tell the people , with an insulting irony , that they have brought the Church to its primitive ...
... King William so much as the care he took to fill the vacant bishoprics with men who had attracted the public esteem ... France , in which they tell the people , with an insulting irony , that they have brought the Church to its primitive ...
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... France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and ... king with such un- paralleled indignities , and so cruelly oppress their own countrymen ? The king of Prussia , in concurrence ...
... France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and ... king with such un- paralleled indignities , and so cruelly oppress their own countrymen ? The king of Prussia , in concurrence ...
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... king of France to be as much an object both of policy and compassion as the Grand Seignior or his states . I do not conceive that the total anni- hilation of France ( if that could be effected ) is a desirable thing to Europe , or even ...
... king of France to be as much an object both of policy and compassion as the Grand Seignior or his states . I do not conceive that the total anni- hilation of France ( if that could be effected ) is a desirable thing to Europe , or even ...
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... king and queen of France , I shall accelerate ( as you fear ) the execution of traitorous designs against them . You are of opinion , Sir , that the usurpers may , and that they will , gladly lay hold of any pretext to throw off the ...
... king and queen of France , I shall accelerate ( as you fear ) the execution of traitorous designs against them . You are of opinion , Sir , that the usurpers may , and that they will , gladly lay hold of any pretext to throw off the ...
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