The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... law . There is something so averse from our nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war , and destruc- tion . But there is something so benign and heal- ing in the general voice ...
... law . There is something so averse from our nature in these artificial political distinctions , that we need no other trumpet to kindle us to war , and destruc- tion . But there is something so benign and heal- ing in the general voice ...
Page 34
... laws ? These paradoxes I leave to be solved by the able heads of legislators and politicians . For my part , I say what a plain man would say on such an occasion . I can never believe , that any institution agreeable to nature , and ...
... laws ? These paradoxes I leave to be solved by the able heads of legislators and politicians . For my part , I say what a plain man would say on such an occasion . I can never believe , that any institution agreeable to nature , and ...
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... law of nature . To prove that these sorts of policed societies are a violation offered to nature , and a constraint upon the human mind , it needs only to look upon the sanguinary measures , and instruments of vio- lence , which are ...
... law of nature . To prove that these sorts of policed societies are a violation offered to nature , and a constraint upon the human mind , it needs only to look upon the sanguinary measures , and instruments of vio- lence , which are ...
Page 45
... laws were made by them- selves , and upon any failure of duty , their officers were accountable to themselves , and to them only . In all appearance , they had secured by this method the advantages of order and good government , without ...
... laws were made by them- selves , and upon any failure of duty , their officers were accountable to themselves , and to them only . In all appearance , they had secured by this method the advantages of order and good government , without ...
Page 48
... distinguishing characteristicks of all other cour- tiers ) this people , I say , at last arrived at that pitch of madness , that they coolly and deliberately , by by an express law , made it capital for any 48 A VINDICATION OF.
... distinguishing characteristicks of all other cour- tiers ) this people , I say , at last arrived at that pitch of madness , that they coolly and deliberately , by by an express law , made it capital for any 48 A VINDICATION OF.
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