The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1907 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... sure to shock the keen sensibility of Burke , they were such as gave hope to those who knew the errors of the old system better . There was , indeed , at that time amongst the best statesmen in France every expectation of the settle ...
... sure to shock the keen sensibility of Burke , they were such as gave hope to those who knew the errors of the old system better . There was , indeed , at that time amongst the best statesmen in France every expectation of the settle ...
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... sure that it never occupied a moment of my thoughts : nor , I believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon inquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revolution in 1688 , a club of dis- senters , but of what ...
... sure that it never occupied a moment of my thoughts : nor , I believe , those of any person out of their own set . I find , upon inquiry , that on the anniversary of the Revolution in 1688 , a club of dis- senters , but of what ...
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... sure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a blessing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings . I should ...
... sure , before I venture publicly to congratulate men upon a blessing , that they have really received one . Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver ; and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings . I should ...
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... sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer limitations in the ...
... sure , all the beginners of dynasties were chosen by those who called them to govern . There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were , at a remote period , elective , with more or fewer limitations in the ...
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... sure inheritance to be scram- bled for and torn to pieces by every wild , litigious spirit . The same policy pervades all the laws which have since been made for the preservation of our liberties . In the 1st of William and Mary , in ...
... sure inheritance to be scram- bled for and torn to pieces by every wild , litigious spirit . The same policy pervades all the laws which have since been made for the preservation of our liberties . In the 1st of William and Mary , in ...
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