The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... able to fill a large volume with the abuse of reason ; nor would such an abuse have been tolerable , even for a few pages , if some under - plot , of more consequence than the apparent design , had not been carried on . Some persons ...
... able to fill a large volume with the abuse of reason ; nor would such an abuse have been tolerable , even for a few pages , if some under - plot , of more consequence than the apparent design , had not been carried on . Some persons ...
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... able advantage by this union of many persons to form one family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account proportionably in an union of many families into one body polĂtic . And as nature has formed no bond of union to hold ...
... able advantage by this union of many persons to form one family ; he therefore judged that he would find his account proportionably in an union of many families into one body polĂtic . And as nature has formed no bond of union to hold ...
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... able a part of the world . Considering , I say , the vast army headed by this conqueror , whose unwieldy weight was almost alone sufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the ...
... able a part of the world . Considering , I say , the vast army headed by this conqueror , whose unwieldy weight was almost alone sufficient to wear down its strength , it will be far from excess to suppose that one half was lost in the ...
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... able globe it has not embraced , I need not mention to your Lordship . I need not enlarge on those torrents of silent and inglorious blood which have glutted the thirsty sands of Afric , or discoloured the polar snow , or fed the savage ...
... able globe it has not embraced , I need not mention to your Lordship . I need not enlarge on those torrents of silent and inglorious blood which have glutted the thirsty sands of Afric , or discoloured the polar snow , or fed the savage ...
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... able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable broils ...
... able with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ques- tion , I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature , which will cause innumerable broils ...
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