The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... observe much more of his Lordship's character in such particulars of the following letter , than they are like to find of that rapid torrent of an impe- tuous and overbearing eloquence , and the variety of rich imagery for which that ...
... observe much more of his Lordship's character in such particulars of the following letter , than they are like to find of that rapid torrent of an impe- tuous and overbearing eloquence , and the variety of rich imagery for which that ...
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... observed before , the chronology of these remote times is extremely uncertain ) opening the scene by a de- struction of at least one million of his species , unpro- voked but by his ambition , without any motives but pride , cruelty ...
... observed before , the chronology of these remote times is extremely uncertain ) opening the scene by a de- struction of at least one million of his species , unpro- voked but by his ambition , without any motives but pride , cruelty ...
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... observe little on the Servile , the Social , the Gallick , and Spanish wars ; nor upon those with Jugurtha , nor Antiochus , nor many others equally important , and carried on with equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone , are ...
... observe little on the Servile , the Social , the Gallick , and Spanish wars ; nor upon those with Jugurtha , nor Antiochus , nor many others equally important , and carried on with equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone , are ...
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... observe , not one man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , running with a rage of folly into the same mean and senseless debauchery and extravagance ? But if this people resembled Nero in their extravagance ...
... observe , not one man only , but a whole city , grown drunk with pride and power , running with a rage of folly into the same mean and senseless debauchery and extravagance ? But if this people resembled Nero in their extravagance ...
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... Observe , my Lord , that the five thousand we here speak of , were cut off from a body of no more than nineteen thousand ; for the entire number of citizens was no greater at that time . Could the tyrant who wished the Roman people but ...
... Observe , my Lord , that the five thousand we here speak of , were cut off from a body of no more than nineteen thousand ; for the entire number of citizens was no greater at that time . Could the tyrant who wished the Roman people but ...
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