The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1George Bell, 1881 - Great Britain |
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... 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 vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
... 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 vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
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... suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three mil- lions of souls expire ...
... suppose that the Indians lost only half so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three mil- lions of souls expire ...
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... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern , commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern , commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
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... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thou- sand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thou- sand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun ; they are buried in the bowels of the ...
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... suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to ...
... suppose , that as the con- formation of their organs are nearly or altogether the same in all men , so the manner of perceiving external objects is in all men the same , or with little difference . We are satisfied that what appears to ...
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