The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... degree to amend , and he hoped that Providence might have spared him at least to complete the larger publick letter , which he then proposed to resume . πολλίμογείς , για το εξέπότες In the preface to the former edition of this letter ...
... degree to amend , and he hoped that Providence might have spared him at least to complete the larger publick letter , which he then proposed to resume . πολλίμογείς , για το εξέπότες In the preface to the former edition of this letter ...
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... else ; the numbers he has been a means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by which to measure , in some degree , the NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
... else ; the numbers he has been a means of destroying have been reckoned at 1,200,000 . But to give your Lordship an idea that may serve as a standard , by by which to measure , in some degree , the NATURAL SOCIETY . 25.
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Edmund Burke. by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This ...
Edmund Burke. by which to measure , in some degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very in- considerable spot of the earth in itself , though ennobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This ...
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... degree , by the caprice natural to the heart of man , may , by the same caprice otherwise exerted , be as lovely the next ; in a succession , it is possible to meet with some good princes . If there have been Tiberiuses , Caligulas ...
... degree , by the caprice natural to the heart of man , may , by the same caprice otherwise exerted , be as lovely the next ; in a succession , it is possible to meet with some good princes . If there have been Tiberiuses , Caligulas ...
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... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had an happier issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on on account of their pride and insolence . Furious in ...
... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had an happier issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on on account of their pride and insolence . Furious in ...
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