The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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... spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when the question assumed a more serious aspect , from the commencement of an actual negotiation , which gave rise to the series of printed letters ...
... spirit and vivacity , was written the latter end of the same year , but was laid aside when the question assumed a more serious aspect , from the commencement of an actual negotiation , which gave rise to the series of printed letters ...
Page 36
... spirit of the whole body . Never was it known that an aristocracy , which was haughty and tyrannical in one century , became easy and mild in the next . In effect , the yoke of this spe- cies of government is so galling , that whenever ...
... spirit of the whole body . Never was it known that an aristocracy , which was haughty and tyrannical in one century , became easy and mild in the next . In effect , the yoke of this spe- cies of government is so galling , that whenever ...
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... , and all they treated with various circumstances of the most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute monarchy , but * none more than this . A shining merit is 88 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... , and all they treated with various circumstances of the most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute monarchy , but * none more than this . A shining merit is 88 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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... . The people , * Sciant quibus moris illicita mirari , posse etiam sub malis prin- cipibus magnos viros , & c . See 42 , to the end of it . forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and intoxi- 40 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... . The people , * Sciant quibus moris illicita mirari , posse etiam sub malis prin- cipibus magnos viros , & c . See 42 , to the end of it . forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and intoxi- 40 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
Page 41
Edmund Burke. forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and intoxi- cated with the flatteries of their orators ( these court- iers of republics , and endowed with the distinguishing characteristics of all other courtiers ) , this ...
Edmund Burke. forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and intoxi- cated with the flatteries of their orators ( these court- iers of republics , and endowed with the distinguishing characteristics of all other courtiers ) , this ...
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