The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... strength from ec- clesiastical ; and artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary , or even useful to ...
... strength from ec- clesiastical ; and artificial laws receive a sanction from artificial revelations . The ideas of religion and government are closely connected ; and whilst we receive government as a thing necessary , or even useful to ...
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... strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the van- quished must have had a ...
... strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and from the circum- stances , it must have been this at the least ; the van- quished must have had a ...
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... a popular form . And when they have not had strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown themselves into the arms of despotism , as the the more eligible of the two evils . This latter 42 A VINDICATION OF.
... a popular form . And when they have not had strength enough to support themselves , they have thrown themselves into the arms of despotism , as the the more eligible of the two evils . This latter 42 A VINDICATION OF.
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... strength , and all the weak- ness by which falling states are brought to a com- plete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the ...
... strength , and all the weak- ness by which falling states are brought to a com- plete destruction . Rome has a more venerable aspect than Athens ; and she conducted her affairs , so far as related to the ruin and oppression of the ...
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... strength ; and you cannot be at a loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought , provided he knows how to chuse his subject properly . You may criticise freely upon the Chinese constitution , and observe with as ...
... strength ; and you cannot be at a loss for the reason . A man is allowed sufficient freedom of thought , provided he knows how to chuse his subject properly . You may criticise freely upon the Chinese constitution , and observe with as ...
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