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... degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though en- nobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by ...
... degree , the others ; you will turn your eyes on Judea ; a very inconsiderable spot of the earth in itself , though en- nobled by the singular events which had their rise in that country . This spot happened , it matters not here by ...
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... degree , by the caprice natural to the heart of man , may , by the same caprice otherwise ex- erted , be as lovely the next ; in a succession , it is possible to meet with some good princes . If there have been Tiberiuses , Caligulas ...
... degree , by the caprice natural to the heart of man , may , by the same caprice otherwise ex- erted , be as lovely the next ; in a succession , it is possible to meet with some good princes . If there have been Tiberiuses , Caligulas ...
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... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had an happy issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on account of their pride and in- solence . Furious in ...
... degrees they had cut off all who could serve them in their councils or their battles . If at any time these wars had an happy issue , it was no less difficult to deal with them on account of their pride and in- solence . Furious in ...
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... state . Here there are no wants which nature gives , and in this state men can be sensible of no other wants , which are not to be supplied by a very moderate degree of labour ; therefore there is 44 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
... state . Here there are no wants which nature gives , and in this state men can be sensible of no other wants , which are not to be supplied by a very moderate degree of labour ; therefore there is 44 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY .
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Edmund Burke. a very moderate degree of labour ; therefore there is no slavery . Neither is there any luxury , because no single man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and therefore it is happy . I am conscious , my Lord ...
Edmund Burke. a very moderate degree of labour ; therefore there is no slavery . Neither is there any luxury , because no single man can supply the materials of it . Life is simple , and therefore it is happy . I am conscious , my Lord ...
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