The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... Athens were not the only ones which ran with blood . At this period , the sword , glut- ted with foreign slaughter , turned its edge upon the bowels of the Roman republick itself ; and presented a scene of cruelties and treasons enough ...
... Athens were not the only ones which ran with blood . At this period , the sword , glut- ted with foreign slaughter , turned its edge upon the bowels of the Roman republick itself ; and presented a scene of cruelties and treasons enough ...
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... Athens . It was constructed by no less an artist , than the celebrated poet and philosopher , Solon . But no sooner was this political vessel launched from the stocks , than it overset , even in the lifetime of the builder . A tyranny ...
... Athens . It was constructed by no less an artist , than the celebrated poet and philosopher , Solon . But no sooner was this political vessel launched from the stocks , than it overset , even in the lifetime of the builder . A tyranny ...
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... Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with some flashes of success , which they owed to nothing less than any merit of their own , began to tyrannize over their ...
... Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with some flashes of success , which they owed to nothing less than any merit of their own , began to tyrannize over their ...
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... Athens , the nicest and best studied behaviour was not a sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest commanders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than ...
... Athens , the nicest and best studied behaviour was not a sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest commanders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than ...
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... Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the greatest part of the world , with greater wisdom and more uni- formity . But the domestick economy of these two states was nearly or altogether ...
... Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the greatest part of the world , with greater wisdom and more uni- formity . But the domestick economy of these two states was nearly or altogether ...
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