The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 7C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Edmund Burke. or from the use which two of the greater German powers may make of a general derangement , to the general detriment . I do not say that the French do not mean to bestow on these German states liberties , and laws too ...
Edmund Burke. or from the use which two of the greater German powers may make of a general derangement , to the general detriment . I do not say that the French do not mean to bestow on these German states liberties , and laws too ...
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... greater part of Suabia and Franconia . It is particularly prevalent amongst all the lower people , churchmen and laity in the dominions of the ecclesiastical electors . It Ecclesiasti- is not easy to find or to conceive governments more ...
... greater part of Suabia and Franconia . It is particularly prevalent amongst all the lower people , churchmen and laity in the dominions of the ecclesiastical electors . It Ecclesiasti- is not easy to find or to conceive governments more ...
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... greater cause of apprehension from what may destroy them , than of hope from any thing by which they may be aggrandized . As long as those two princes are at variance , so long the liberties of Germany are safe . But , if ever they ...
... greater cause of apprehension from what may destroy them , than of hope from any thing by which they may be aggrandized . As long as those two princes are at variance , so long the liberties of Germany are safe . But , if ever they ...
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... greater nations , they do not aim at making a direct conquest of them , but by disturbing them through a propagation of their principles , they hope to weaken , as they will weaken them , and to keep them in perpetual alarm and ...
... greater nations , they do not aim at making a direct conquest of them , but by disturbing them through a propagation of their principles , they hope to weaken , as they will weaken them , and to keep them in perpetual alarm and ...
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... greater will be its strength ; the greater its power to destroy discontents at home , and to resist all foreign attempts in favour of these dis- contents . Thirdly , that as long as it exists in France , it will be the interest of the ...
... greater will be its strength ; the greater its power to destroy discontents at home , and to resist all foreign attempts in favour of these dis- contents . Thirdly , that as long as it exists in France , it will be the interest of the ...
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