THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... ness , and the dearth and badness of provision to which he must have been fubject in the variety of climates and countries his march lay through ; if he knows any thing , he must know , that even the conqueror's army must have suffered ...
... ness , and the dearth and badness of provision to which he must have been fubject in the variety of climates and countries his march lay through ; if he knows any thing , he must know , that even the conqueror's army must have suffered ...
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... ness confumed the flower of so many kingdoms , and wasted the force of fo extensive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian em- pire in its wars , against the Greeks , and Scythians , threw away at least four ...
... ness confumed the flower of so many kingdoms , and wasted the force of fo extensive an empire . It is a cheap calculation to say , that the Persian em- pire in its wars , against the Greeks , and Scythians , threw away at least four ...
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... ness by which falling states are brought to a com- plete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppreffion of the greatest part of the world , with ...
... ness by which falling states are brought to a com- plete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppreffion of the greatest part of the world , with ...
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... ness acquired by community , instead of serving for mutual defence , ferves only to increase the danger . Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much exercifed , where the houses are built of ...
... ness acquired by community , instead of serving for mutual defence , ferves only to increase the danger . Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much exercifed , where the houses are built of ...
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