The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... monarchy of France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and commonwealths to be swallowed up in the gulf of this polluted anarchy . They may be tolerably safe at pres- ent ...
... monarchy of France to swallow up the others . They ought not now , in my opinion , to suffer all the monarchies and commonwealths to be swallowed up in the gulf of this polluted anarchy . They may be tolerably safe at pres- ent ...
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... monarchy , to give them a free Constitution . For this , by an ex- ample hitherto unheard of in the world , he has been deposed . It might well disgrace sovereigns to take part with a deposed tyrant . It would suppose in them a vicious ...
... monarchy , to give them a free Constitution . For this , by an ex- ample hitherto unheard of in the world , he has been deposed . It might well disgrace sovereigns to take part with a deposed tyrant . It would suppose in them a vicious ...
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... monarchy contemptible by exposing it to derision in the person of the most benevolent of their kings . - In my opinion their insolence appears more odious even than their crimes . The horrors of the fifth and sixth of October were less ...
... monarchy contemptible by exposing it to derision in the person of the most benevolent of their kings . - In my opinion their insolence appears more odious even than their crimes . The horrors of the fifth and sixth of October were less ...
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... monarchy in the same manner in which Monk served the monarchy of England . The army which Monk commanded had been formed by Cromwell to a perfection of discipline which perhaps has never been exceeded . That army was besides of an ...
... monarchy in the same manner in which Monk served the monarchy of England . The army which Monk commanded had been formed by Cromwell to a perfection of discipline which perhaps has never been exceeded . That army was besides of an ...
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... monarchy , even in the per- son of such a prince , was everything to us ; for with- out monarchy in England , most certainly we never can enjoy either peace or liberty . It was under this conviction that the very first regular step ...
... monarchy , even in the per- son of such a prince , was everything to us ; for with- out monarchy in England , most certainly we never can enjoy either peace or liberty . It was under this conviction that the very first regular step ...
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