The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4Wells and Lilly, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... disposition , be as much excited amongst these de- scriptions of men in England , as in any other country ; and that they are just as capable of acting a part in any great change . What direction the French spirit of proselytism is ...
... disposition , be as much excited amongst these de- scriptions of men in England , as in any other country ; and that they are just as capable of acting a part in any great change . What direction the French spirit of proselytism is ...
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... fable . The rights and liberties she was bound to maintain are now a system of wrong and tyranny which she is bound to destroy . Her good and ill dispositions are : shewn by the same means . To communicate peaceably 20 THOUGHTS ON.
... fable . The rights and liberties she was bound to maintain are now a system of wrong and tyranny which she is bound to destroy . Her good and ill dispositions are : shewn by the same means . To communicate peaceably 20 THOUGHTS ON.
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... disposition to republicanism , and ( however for some time past quiet ) is as liable to ex- plosion as its own Vesuvius . Sicily , I think , has these dispo sitions in full as strong a degree . In neither of these coun- tries exists any ...
... disposition to republicanism , and ( however for some time past quiet ) is as liable to ex- plosion as its own Vesuvius . Sicily , I think , has these dispo sitions in full as strong a degree . In neither of these coun- tries exists any ...
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... disposed to all sorts of innova- tions and experiments . These abuses were less felt whilst the Pontificate drew riches from abroad , which in some measure counterbalanced the evils of their remiss and job- bish government at home . But ...
... disposed to all sorts of innova- tions and experiments . These abuses were less felt whilst the Pontificate drew riches from abroad , which in some measure counterbalanced the evils of their remiss and job- bish government at home . But ...
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... disposition , if any of their ordinary motives to sedition should arise . The little catechism of the rights of men is soon learned ; and the inferences are in the passions . Poland , from one cause or other , is always unquiet . The ...
... disposition , if any of their ordinary motives to sedition should arise . The little catechism of the rights of men is soon learned ; and the inferences are in the passions . Poland , from one cause or other , is always unquiet . The ...
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