The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1Little, Brown,, 1881 - Great Britain |
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Page 27
... views of their own , to the worst and blackest purposes : and what is at once lamentable , and ridiculous , these wretches engage under those banners with a fury greater than if they A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 27.
... views of their own , to the worst and blackest purposes : and what is at once lamentable , and ridiculous , these wretches engage under those banners with a fury greater than if they A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . 27.
Page 35
... purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , indepen- dent 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 peo- ple are more miserable ...
... purposes , as much slaves , when twenty , indepen- dent 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 peo- ple are more miserable ...
Page 37
... purpose than that they may the more effectu- ally contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of an aristocracy are more intolerable than the very excesses of a despotism , and , in ...
... purpose than that they may the more effectu- ally contribute to the misery of a whole nation . In short , the regular and methodical proceedings of an aristocracy are more intolerable than the very excesses of a despotism , and , in ...
Page 41
... purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republic banishing and murder- ing their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the pub- lic treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and spending their whole time , as ...
... purposes of the state . When you see the people of this republic banishing and murder- ing their best and ablest citizens , dissipating the pub- lic treasure with the most senseless extravagance , and spending their whole time , as ...
Page 55
... purposes of his support ; and therefore , to delay a determination concerning that , is the worst injustice , because it cuts off the very end and purpose for which I applied to the judicature for relief . Quite contrary in the case of ...
... purposes of his support ; and therefore , to delay a determination concerning that , is the worst injustice , because it cuts off the very end and purpose for which I applied to the judicature for relief . Quite contrary in the case of ...
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