The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... human race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally im- potent , and feeble rage , with the hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler ...
... human race , when he gives one man the power over many , and arms his naturally im- potent , and feeble rage , with the hands of millions , who know no common principle of action , but a blind obedience to the passions of their ruler ...
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... human blood scarcely cre- dible . The neighbouring little states teemed for new destruction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Equi , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a series of slaughters which had no interruption , for ...
... human blood scarcely cre- dible . The neighbouring little states teemed for new destruction : the Sabines , the Samnites , the Equi , the Volsci , the Hetrurians , were broken by a series of slaughters which had no interruption , for ...
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... human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are ...
... human species caused in both , really astonishes beyond expression , when it is nakedly considered , and those matters which are apt to divert our attention from it , the characters , actions , and designs of the persons concerned , are ...
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... proud and curious monuments of human art , that not even the memory might seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and and what will continue to be done while the same NATURAL SOCIETY . 27.
... proud and curious monuments of human art , that not even the memory might seem to survive of the former inhabitants . What has been done since , and and what will continue to be done while the same NATURAL SOCIETY . 27.
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... human nature , which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still insist in charging it to political regula- tions , that these broils are so frequent , so cruel , and attended with ...
... human nature , which will cause innumerable broils , place men in what situation you please ; but owning this , I still insist in charging it to political regula- tions , that these broils are so frequent , so cruel , and attended with ...
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