The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 4
... purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to man- kind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers pro- pose to compass the ...
... purposes , in a sort of sullen labour , in which if the author could succeed , he is obliged to own , that nothing could be more fatal to man- kind than his success ? I cannot conceive how this sort of writers pro- pose to compass the ...
Page 30
... agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible supposition ) yet the means that simple nature has supplied them with , are by no simple 30 A VINDICATION OF.
... agreed in the same bloody purpose ; or allowing that they might have come to such an agreement , ( an impossible supposition ) yet the means that simple nature has supplied them with , are by no simple 30 A VINDICATION OF.
Page 41
... purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughtiness of a sultan ; the people are more mi- serable ...
... purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , independent of them , govern , as when but one domineers . The tyranny is even more felt , as every individual of the nobles has the haughtiness of a sultan ; the people are more mi- serable ...
Page 44
... purpose than that they may the more effectually contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical pro- ceedings of an aristocracy are more intolerable than the very excesses of a despotism , and , in ...
... purpose than that they may the more effectually contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical pro- ceedings of an aristocracy are more intolerable than the very excesses of a despotism , and , in ...
Page 49
... purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republick banishing and murdering their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the pub- lick treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and spending their whole time , as ...
... purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republick banishing and murdering their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the pub- lick treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and spending their whole time , as ...
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