The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 25
... charge the whole of these effects on politi- cal society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your lordship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions . Besides those killed in ...
... charge the whole of these effects on politi- cal society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your lordship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions . Besides those killed in ...
Page 34
... they confided to them the charge of the public welfare . This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any design 34 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... they confided to them the charge of the public welfare . This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped it would be impossible that such a number could ever join in any design 34 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
Page 44
... charge so general ? But when we call these governments free , or concede that their citizens were happier than those which lived under different forms , it is merely ex abundanti . For we should be greatly mistaken , if we really ...
... charge so general ? But when we call these governments free , or concede that their citizens were happier than those which lived under different forms , it is merely ex abundanti . For we should be greatly mistaken , if we really ...
Page 280
... charge was the less during its continuance . ” * If any one be willing to see to how much greater lengths the author carries these ideas , he will recur to the book . This is sufficient for a specimen of his manner of thinking . I ...
... charge was the less during its continuance . ” * If any one be willing to see to how much greater lengths the author carries these ideas , he will recur to the book . This is sufficient for a specimen of his manner of thinking . I ...
Page 287
... charge the debts contracted in the few years we held them . The property , therefore , of their whole prod- uce was ours ; not only during the war , but even for more than a year after the peace . The author , I hope , will not again ...
... charge the debts contracted in the few years we held them . The property , therefore , of their whole prod- uce was ours ; not only during the war , but even for more than a year after the peace . The author , I hope , will not again ...
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