The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund BurkeG. Bell, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... 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 ...
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... less afraid of one another , than they are of the people ; and , for that reason , politically enervate their own body by the same effeminate luxury by which they corrupt their subjects . They are im- poverished by every means which can ...
... less afraid of one another , than they are of the people ; and , for that reason , politically enervate their own body by the same effeminate luxury by which they corrupt their subjects . They are im- poverished by every means which can ...
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... less borne in practice by any who were capable of feeling . However , the fruitful policy of man was not yet exhausted . He had yet another farthing - candle to supply the deficiencies of the sun . This was the third form , known by ...
... less borne in practice by any who were capable of feeling . However , the fruitful policy of man was not yet exhausted . He had yet another farthing - candle to supply the deficiencies of the sun . This was the third form , known by ...
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... less than any merit of their own , began to tyrannize over their equals , who had associated with them for their common de- fence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and ...
... less than any merit of their own , began to tyrannize over their equals , who had associated with them for their common de- fence . With their prudence they renounced all appearance of justice . They entered into wars rashly and ...
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... less than five thousand of their own body . They went further ; they disfranchised them ; and having once begun with an act of injustice , they could set no bounds to it . Not content with cutting them off from the rights of citizens ...
... less than five thousand of their own body . They went further ; they disfranchised them ; and having once begun with an act of injustice , they could set no bounds to it . Not content with cutting them off from the rights of citizens ...
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