The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Little, Brown, 1889 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. formance . Compare this last address of the Assembly and the present state of your affairs with the carly engagements of that body , engagements which , not content with declaring , they solemnly deposed upon oath ...
Edmund Burke. formance . Compare this last address of the Assembly and the present state of your affairs with the carly engagements of that body , engagements which , not content with declaring , they solemnly deposed upon oath ...
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... present is little . But times and occasions make dan- gers . Intestine troubles may arise in other countries . There is a power always on the watch , qualified and disposed to profit of every conjuncture , to establish its own ...
... present is little . But times and occasions make dan- gers . Intestine troubles may arise in other countries . There is a power always on the watch , qualified and disposed to profit of every conjuncture , to establish its own ...
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... present , the advantage which they derive from the daily threats against her life is her only se- curity for preserving it . They keep their sovereign alive for the purpose of exhibiting him , like some wild beast at a fair , as if they ...
... present , the advantage which they derive from the daily threats against her life is her only se- curity for preserving it . They keep their sovereign alive for the purpose of exhibiting him , like some wild beast at a fair , as if they ...
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... present rulers exist by everything which is spu- rious , fictitious , and false , ―by everything which takos the man from his house , and sets him on a stage , - which makes him up an artificial creature , with painted , theatric ...
... present rulers exist by everything which is spu- rious , fictitious , and false , ―by everything which takos the man from his house , and sets him on a stage , - which makes him up an artificial creature , with painted , theatric ...
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... , he must enter it as into a country of assassins . The mode of civilized war will not be practised : nor are the French who act on the present system entitled to expect it . They whose known pol- 34 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
... , he must enter it as into a country of assassins . The mode of civilized war will not be practised : nor are the French who act on the present system entitled to expect it . They whose known pol- 34 LETTER TO A MEMBER.
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