The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened ...
... political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies , or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened ...
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... political Doctor , to con- sider peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . A meditation on the con- duct of political ... SOCIETY . 17.
... political Doctor , to con- sider peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . A meditation on the con- duct of political ... SOCIETY . 17.
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... political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your Lord- ship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions ...
... political society . I charge the whole of these effects on political society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your Lord- ship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions ...
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... political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the question , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in human nature ...
... political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the question , I will own that there is a haughtiness , and fierceness in human nature ...
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... political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war , and destruc- tion . But there is ... SOCIETY . 33.
... political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war , and destruc- tion . But there is ... SOCIETY . 33.
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