The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 27
... less than universal destruction to the race of man- kind seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carry- ing destruction ...
... less than universal destruction to the race of man- kind seems to have been threatened . Such was that , when the Goths , the Vandals , and the Huns , poured into Gaul , Italy , Spain , Greece , and Africa , carry- ing destruction ...
Page 28
... less miserable manner by the other destructive consequences of war from the beginning of the world to this day , in the four parts of it , at a thousand times as much ; no exaggerated calcula- tion , allowing for time and extent . We ...
... less miserable manner by the other destructive consequences of war from the beginning of the world to this day , in the four parts of it , at a thousand times as much ; no exaggerated calcula- tion , allowing for time and extent . We ...
Page 30
... less inclined to draw consequences than your Lordship . I now come to shew , that political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ...
... less inclined to draw consequences than your Lordship . I now come to shew , that political society is justly chargeable with much the greatest part of this destruction of the species . To give the fairest play to every side of the ...
Page 32
... less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind , into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension among them . The names which distinguish them are enough to blow up hatred and rage ...
... less worth observing , that this artificial division of mankind , into separate societies , is a perpetual source in itself of hatred and dissension among them . The names which distinguish them are enough to blow up hatred and rage ...
Page 43
... less afraid of one another , than they are of the people ; and , for that reason , poli- tically enervate their own body by the same effeminate 3 effeminate luxury by which they corrupt their subjects . They NATURAL SOCIETY . 43.
... less afraid of one another , than they are of the people ; and , for that reason , poli- tically enervate their own body by the same effeminate 3 effeminate luxury by which they corrupt their subjects . They NATURAL SOCIETY . 43.
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