The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... people possession ; but they always keep them in hope . Your state doctors do not so much as pretend that any good whatsoever has hitherto been derived from their operations , or that the public has pros- pered in any one instance under ...
... people possession ; but they always keep them in hope . Your state doctors do not so much as pretend that any good whatsoever has hitherto been derived from their operations , or that the public has pros- pered in any one instance under ...
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... people at large , when once these miscra- ble sheep have broken the fold , and have got them- selves loose , not from the restraint , but from the protection , of all the principles of natural authority and legitimate subordination ...
... people at large , when once these miscra- ble sheep have broken the fold , and have got them- selves loose , not from the restraint , but from the protection , of all the principles of natural authority and legitimate subordination ...
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... people be reduced , who can endure such proceedings in their Church , their state , and their judicature , even for a moment ! But the deluded people of France are like other madmen , who , to a miracle , bear hunger , and thirst , and ...
... people be reduced , who can endure such proceedings in their Church , their state , and their judicature , even for a moment ! But the deluded people of France are like other madmen , who , to a miracle , bear hunger , and thirst , and ...
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... people was his attempt , under a 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 ...
... people was his attempt , under a 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 ...
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... people were but just emerged from actual famine , and were ready to be plunged into a gulf of penury and beggary , that your philosophic lords chose , with an ostentatious pomp and luxury , to foast an incredible number of idle and ...
... people were but just emerged from actual famine , and were ready to be plunged into a gulf of penury and beggary , that your philosophic lords chose , with an ostentatious pomp and luxury , to foast an incredible number of idle and ...
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