The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 37
... persons become victims of his suspicions . The slightest displeasure is death ; and a disagreeable aspect is often as great a crime as high treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of unsus ...
... persons become victims of his suspicions . The slightest displeasure is death ; and a disagreeable aspect is often as great a crime as high treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of unsus ...
Page 39
... persons . For the gross of the people ; they are considered as a mere herd of cattle ; and really in a little time become no better ; all prin- ciple of honest pride , all sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery ...
... persons . For the gross of the people ; they are considered as a mere herd of cattle ; and really in a little time become no better ; all prin- ciple of honest pride , all sense of the dignity of their nature , is lost in their slavery ...
Page 41
... persons . But it is now found by abundant expe- rience , that an aristocracy , and a despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legislative , are , to all intents and purposes ...
... persons . But it is now found by abundant expe- rience , that an aristocracy , and a despotism , differ but in name ; and that a people , who are in general excluded from any share of the legislative , are , to all intents and purposes ...
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... persons : their 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 ...
... persons : their 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 ...
Page 55
... person to a few . These few have the passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless passions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case ...
... person to a few . These few have the passions of the one ; and they unite to strengthen themselves , and to secure the gratification of their lawless passions at the expense of the general good . In vain do we fly to the many . The case ...
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