The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... Constitutional Government . These expec- tations continued till the death of Mirabeau in April , 1791. The King himself ... constitution ; Wordsworth continuing long after to exult in the Revolution- Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive ...
... Constitutional Government . These expec- tations continued till the death of Mirabeau in April , 1791. The King himself ... constitution ; Wordsworth continuing long after to exult in the Revolution- Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive ...
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... constitution , ' we feel how little Burke could have appreciated the enormous burdens that had for centuries been laid upon that people . Again , could he have understood anything of the general and local laws and privileges when he ...
... constitution , ' we feel how little Burke could have appreciated the enormous burdens that had for centuries been laid upon that people . Again , could he have understood anything of the general and local laws and privileges when he ...
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... constitution certainly did not remain where it was , but indeed passed through great varieties of untried being ' which would have surprised even him . But the most amazing prophecy of all was surely that where Burke points to a ...
... constitution certainly did not remain where it was , but indeed passed through great varieties of untried being ' which would have surprised even him . But the most amazing prophecy of all was surely that where Burke points to a ...
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... constitution of this kingdom , will take good care how they are involved with persons who , under the pretext of zeal towards the Revolution and constitution , too frequently wander from their true principles ; and are ready on every ...
... constitution of this kingdom , will take good care how they are involved with persons who , under the pretext of zeal towards the Revolution and constitution , too frequently wander from their true principles ; and are ready on every ...
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... Constitutional were , in equity , entitled to some share . Since you have selected the Revolution Society as the great ... constitution of any foreign nation , had been the subject of a formal pro- ceeding at their festivals ; until , to ...
... Constitutional were , in equity , entitled to some share . Since you have selected the Revolution Society as the great ... constitution of any foreign nation , had been the subject of a formal pro- ceeding at their festivals ; until , to ...
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