The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of everything else , will never permit to be ques- tioned . It is an observation which I think ...
... equal success for the subversion of government ; and that specious arguments might be used against those things which they , who doubt of everything else , will never permit to be ques- tioned . It is an observation which I think ...
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... equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to 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 ...
... equal sufferer . But I am content to detract from this , and to 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 ...
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... nor many others equally important , and carried on with equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
... nor many others equally important , and carried on with equal fury . The butcheries of Julius Cæsar alone are calculated by somebody else ; the numbers he has been the means of destroying have been A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 15.
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... equals , who had associated with them for their common de- fence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wiser by their ...
... equals , who had associated with them for their common de- fence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and wantonly . If they were unsuccessful , instead of growing wiser by their ...
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... equal justice , and even the ties of natural so- ciety , the natural affections . In a word , my Lord , we have all seen , and , if any outward considerations were worthy the lasting concern of a wise man , we have some of us felt ...
... equal justice , and even the ties of natural so- ciety , the natural affections . In a word , my Lord , we have all seen , and , if any outward considerations were worthy the lasting concern of a wise man , we have some of us felt ...
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