The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 13
... strength from ecclesi- astical ; and artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we re- ceive government as a thing necessary , or even use ...
... strength from ecclesi- astical ; and artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we re- ceive government as a thing necessary , or even use ...
Page 16
... strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circumstances it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much ...
... strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circumstances it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much ...
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... strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown themselves into the arms of despotism , as the more eligible of the two evils . This latter was the case of Denmark , who sought a refuge from the oppression of its nobility , in ...
... strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown themselves into the arms of despotism , as the more eligible of the two evils . This latter was the case of Denmark , who sought a refuge from the oppression of its nobility , in ...
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... strength , and all the weakness by which falling states are brought to a complete de- struction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the ...
... strength , and all the weakness by which falling states are brought to a complete de- struction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the ...
Page 49
... am far from spreading to their full extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a VOL . I. loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 49.
... am far from spreading to their full extent . You are sensible that I do not put forth half my strength ; and you cannot be at a VOL . I. loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 49.
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