THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE1803 |
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... against a fair difcuffion of popular prejudices , because , fay they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous confequences . Abfurd and blafphemous ...
... against a fair difcuffion of popular prejudices , because , fay they , though they would be found without any reasonable support , yet the difcovery might be productive of the most dan- gerous confequences . Abfurd and blafphemous ...
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... against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely enquire from hif- tory and experience , how far policy has contri- buted in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has defigned us for a ...
... against all objections from these quarters , I may the more freely enquire from hif- tory and experience , how far policy has contri- buted in all times to alleviate those evils which Providence , that perhaps has defigned us for a ...
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... against the Indians . We fee the Indians arming a yet greater ; and we be- hold a war continued with much fury , and with various fuccefs . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the ...
... against the Indians . We fee the Indians arming a yet greater ; and we be- hold a war continued with much fury , and with various fuccefs . This ends in the retreat of the queen , with scarce a third of the troops employed in the ...
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... against them , and the unfor- tunate event of all his mighty preparations , are known to every body . In this expedition , drain- ing half Afia of its inhabitants , he led an army of about two millions to be flaughtered , and wafted ...
... against them , and the unfor- tunate event of all his mighty preparations , are known to every body . In this expedition , drain- ing half Afia of its inhabitants , he led an army of about two millions to be flaughtered , and wafted ...
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... against artificial fociety than this I am going to mention , methinks it ought to fall by this one only . All writers on the fcience of policy are agreed , and they agree with experience , that all governments must frequently infringe ...
... against artificial fociety than this I am going to mention , methinks it ought to fall by this one only . All writers on the fcience of policy are agreed , and they agree with experience , that all governments must frequently infringe ...
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