The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... proportion- ably in an union of many families into one body poli- tic . And as nature has formed no bond of union to hold them together , he supplied this defect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are ...
... proportion- ably in an union of many families into one body poli- tic . And as nature has formed no bond of union to hold them together , he supplied this defect by laws . This is political society . And hence the sources of what are ...
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... proportion of rage and fury in their composition than we have . But with respect to you , ye legislators , ye civilizers of mankind ! ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Minoses , Solons , Theseuses , Ly- curguses , Numas ! with respect to you be ...
... proportion of rage and fury in their composition than we have . But with respect to you , ye legislators , ye civilizers of mankind ! ye Orpheuses , Moseses , Minoses , Solons , Theseuses , Ly- curguses , Numas ! with respect to you be ...
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... proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and ...
... proportion to the wretchedness and slavery of his subjects . Thus encouraged both by passion and interest to trample on the public welfare , and by his station placed above both shame and fear , he pro- ceeds to the most horrid and ...
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... proportion to the greatness of his services . Agri- cola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his return to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secrecy of ...
... proportion to the greatness of his services . Agri- cola is a strong instance of this . No man had done greater things , nor with more honest ambition . Yet , on his return to court , he was obliged to enter Rome with all the secrecy of ...
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... proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we penetrate into the labyrinth of art , the further we find ourselves from those ends for which we entered it . This has hap- pened in almost every ...
... proportion have we increased the follies and miseries of mankind . The more deeply we penetrate into the labyrinth of art , the further we find ourselves from those ends for which we entered it . This has hap- pened in almost every ...
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