The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1884 - Great Britain |
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Page 16
... 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 heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter ...
... 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 heavier loss , as the greatest slaughter ...
Page 17
... of war must have been an equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only VOL . I. 2 half so much , and then the account stands thus A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 17.
... of war must have been an equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only VOL . I. 2 half so much , and then the account stands thus A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 17.
Page 43
... 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 , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and ...
... 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 , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and ...
Page 58
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of a hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of a hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
Page 82
... suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of per- ceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what ap- pears ...
... suppose , that as the conformation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of per- ceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what ap- pears ...
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