THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... shew that , without the exer- tion of any confiderable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal fuccess for the fubversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
... shew that , without the exer- tion of any confiderable forces , the same engines which were employed for the destruction of reli- gion , might be employed with equal fuccess for the fubversion of government ; and that specious arguments ...
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... shew , that political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every fside of the question , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
... shew , that political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every fside of the question , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in ...
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... shew , that the fame faction has in one reign promoted po- pular feditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could fhew , that they have all of them betrayed the publick fafety at all times , and have very frequently with ...
... shew , that the fame faction has in one reign promoted po- pular feditions , and in the next been a patron of tyranny ; I could fhew , that they have all of them betrayed the publick fafety at all times , and have very frequently with ...
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... Shew me any mifchief produced by the madness or wicked . ness of theologians , and I will shew you an hun- dred , refulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will ...
... Shew me any mifchief produced by the madness or wicked . ness of theologians , and I will shew you an hun- dred , refulting from the ambition and villany of conquerors and statesmen . Shew me an absurdity in religion , and I will ...
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... shews us what a false splendour played upon these objects during our more fanguine seasons . Happy , my Lord , if instructed by my experience , and even by my errours , you come early to make fuch an esti- - mate of things , as may give ...
... shews us what a false splendour played upon these objects during our more fanguine seasons . Happy , my Lord , if instructed by my experience , and even by my errours , you come early to make fuch an esti- - mate of things , as may give ...
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