The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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... operations and precarious in its tenure ; if they had been able to contrive no better remedy against arbitrary power than civil confusion . Let these gentlemen state who that representative public is to whom they will affirm the king ...
... operations and precarious in its tenure ; if they had been able to contrive no better remedy against arbitrary power than civil confusion . Let these gentlemen state who that representative public is to whom they will affirm the king ...
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... of what we call the natural landed interest of the country . We know that the British House of Commons , with- out shutting its doors to any merit in any class , is , by the sure operation of adequate causes , filled with every-
... of what we call the natural landed interest of the country . We know that the British House of Commons , with- out shutting its doors to any merit in any class , is , by the sure operation of adequate causes , filled with every-
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Edmund Burke. the sure operation of adequate causes , filled with every- thing illustrious in rank , in descent , in hereditary and in acquired opulence , in cultivated talents , in military , civil , naval , and politic distinction ...
Edmund Burke. the sure operation of adequate causes , filled with every- thing illustrious in rank , in descent , in hereditary and in acquired opulence , in cultivated talents , in military , civil , naval , and politic distinction ...
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... operation . Its defensive power is weakened as it is diffused . In this diffusion each man's portion is less than what , in the eagerness of his desires , he may flatter himself to obtain by dissipating the accumulations of others . The ...
... operation . Its defensive power is weakened as it is diffused . In this diffusion each man's portion is less than what , in the eagerness of his desires , he may flatter himself to obtain by dissipating the accumulations of others . The ...
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... operation ; and its excellence may arise even from the ill effects it produces in the beginning . The reverse also happens ; and very plausible schemes , with very pleasing commencements , have often shameful and lamentable conclusions ...
... operation ; and its excellence may arise even from the ill effects it produces in the beginning . The reverse also happens ; and very plausible schemes , with very pleasing commencements , have often shameful and lamentable conclusions ...
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