THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... be- hold a war continued with much fury , and with various fuccess . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition , which at this C2 in NATURAL SOCIETY . 19.
... be- hold a war continued with much fury , and with various fuccess . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the expedition ; an expedition , which at this C2 in NATURAL SOCIETY . 19.
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... up hatred , and rage . Exa- mine history ; confult present experience ; and you will find , that far the greater part of the quarrels quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other occafion 32 A VINDICATION OF.
... up hatred , and rage . Exa- mine history ; confult present experience ; and you will find , that far the greater part of the quarrels quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other occafion 32 A VINDICATION OF.
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quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other occafion , than , that these nations were dif- ferent combinations of people , and called by dif- ferent names ; to an Englishman , the name of a Frenchman , a Spaniard , an ...
quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other occafion , than , that these nations were dif- ferent combinations of people , and called by dif- ferent names ; to an Englishman , the name of a Frenchman , a Spaniard , an ...
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... Scarce any part of the world is exempted from its power . And in thofe few places where men enjoy what they call liberty , it is continually in a tottering situation , and makes greater and greater strides to that gulph of def- potism ...
... Scarce any part of the world is exempted from its power . And in thofe few places where men enjoy what they call liberty , it is continually in a tottering situation , and makes greater and greater strides to that gulph of def- potism ...
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... scarce a rational man in Europe , that would not prefer death to Afiatick despotism . Here then we have the ac- knowledgment of a great philofopher , that an ir- regular state of nature is preferable to fuch a go- vernment ; we have the ...
... scarce a rational man in Europe , that would not prefer death to Afiatick despotism . Here then we have the ac- knowledgment of a great philofopher , that an ir- regular state of nature is preferable to fuch a go- vernment ; we have the ...
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