The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... sufficient to wear down its 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 ...
... sufficient to wear down its 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 ...
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... sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres , or two or three more villages : yet to see the acrimony and bitterness with which this was disputed between the Athenians and Lacede ...
... sufficient to sacrifice to the pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres , or two or three more villages : yet to see the acrimony and bitterness with which this was disputed between the Athenians and Lacede ...
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... sufficient dignity in mischief , to merit a place in history , but which by their fre- quency compensate for this comparative inno- cence ; shall I inflame the account by those gene- ral massacres which have devoured whole cities and ...
... sufficient dignity in mischief , to merit a place in history , but which by their fre- quency compensate for this comparative inno- cence ; shall I inflame the account by those gene- ral massacres which have devoured whole cities and ...
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... sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible supposition ) yet the means that 6 2 simple simple nature has supplied them with , are by ...
... sufficient for such slaughters , agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible supposition ) yet the means that 6 2 simple simple nature has supplied them with , are by ...
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... sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest commanders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than abide a popular Sciant quibus moris illicita mirari , posse ...
... sufficient guard for a man of great capacity . Some of their bravest commanders were obliged to fly their country , some to enter into the service of its enemies , rather than abide a popular Sciant quibus moris illicita mirari , posse ...
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