The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstan- tial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of ...
... effect , even after the understanding has been satisfied of their unsubstan- tial nature . There is a sort of gloss upon ingenious falsehoods that dazzles the imagination , but which neither belongs to , nor becomes the sober aspect of ...
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... and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was — - their mutual destruction . All ancient history is A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
... and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , was — - their mutual destruction . All ancient history is A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
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... effect . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
... effect . This natural unpremeditated effect of policy on the unpossessed passions of mankind appears on other occasions . The very name of a politician , a states- man , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; 28 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL ...
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... effect : in effect , to be all tyrannies . But suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the mod- ern , commonwealths ...
... effect : in effect , to be all tyrannies . But suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the mod- ern , commonwealths ...
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... effect but a despotism , and they fall , both in effect and appearance too , after a very short period , into that cruel and detestable spe- cies of tyranny : which I rather call it , because we have been educated under another form ...
... effect but a despotism , and they fall , both in effect and appearance too , after a very short period , into that cruel and detestable spe- cies of tyranny : which I rather call it , because we have been educated under another form ...
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