The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... NATION THOUGHTS On the Cause OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 185 306 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 · SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH ...
... NATION THOUGHTS On the Cause OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 185 306 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 · SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH ...
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Edmund Burke. The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and , through the chinks and breaches of our prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such ...
Edmund Burke. The fabric of superstition has in this our age and nation received much ruder shocks than it had ever felt before ; and , through the chinks and breaches of our prison , we see such glimmerings of light , and feel such ...
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... nations I Had his Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think our- selves entitled ...
... nations I Had his Lordship lived to our days , to have seen the noble relief given by this nation to the distressed Portuguese , he had perhaps owned this part of his argument a little weakened ; but we do not think our- selves entitled ...
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... nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at two millions ; which ...
... nation in the world ; though the histories of all nations are made up of similar matter . I once more excuse myself in point of exactness for want of books . But I shall estimate the slaughters in this island but at two millions ; which ...
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... nations . The people are not only politically , but personally , slaves , and treated with the utmost indignity . The ... nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of an aristocracy are more intoler- able than the very ...
... nations . The people are not only politically , but personally , slaves , and treated with the utmost indignity . The ... nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of an aristocracy are more intoler- able than the very ...
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