THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... whose use alone " I intended it . Had I designed it for the " publick , I should have been more exact and " full . It was written in a tone of indigna- " tion , in consequence of the resolutions of the " Whig Club , which were directly ...
... whose use alone " I intended it . Had I designed it for the " publick , I should have been more exact and " full . It was written in a tone of indigna- " tion , in consequence of the resolutions of the " Whig Club , which were directly ...
Page xvi
... whose in- scrutable counsels it is vain as well as impious to murmur , did not permit him to enter on the execution of the task which he meditated . It was refolved , therefore , by one of his friends , after much hesitation , and under ...
... whose in- scrutable counsels it is vain as well as impious to murmur , did not permit him to enter on the execution of the task which he meditated . It was refolved , therefore , by one of his friends , after much hesitation , and under ...
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... whose unwieldy weight was almost alone fufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excefs to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it ...
... whose unwieldy weight was almost alone fufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excefs to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it ...
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... whose maxims and rules of government he published . His fpecula- tion is more abhorred than their practice . But if there were no other arguments against artificial fociety than this I am going to mention , methinks it ought to fall by ...
... whose maxims and rules of government he published . His fpecula- tion is more abhorred than their practice . But if there were no other arguments against artificial fociety than this I am going to mention , methinks it ought to fall by ...
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... whose fa- vourites and ministers are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favourite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he go- verns the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are ...
... whose fa- vourites and ministers are not worse . There is hardly any prince without a favourite , by whom he is governed in as arbitrary a manner as he go- verns the wretches subjected to him . Here the tyranny is doubled . There are ...
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