The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 1C.C. Little & J. Brown, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the con- viction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of society ; and you feared , that the curiosity of this search might endanger the ruin of the ...
... party which you adopted rather by the feelings of your good nature , than by the con- viction of your judgment ? We laid open the foundations of society ; and you feared , that the curiosity of this search might endanger the ruin of the ...
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... parties and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing however ...
... parties and combinations , the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems purposely formed , and best calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing however ...
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... parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the conten- tions between the successors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and be ...
... parties in the same destruction . It is little to say , that the conten- tions between the successors of Alexander depopulated that part of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians and Greeks , and be ...
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... parties , and the possession struggled for by the natives , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , and the Romans , your Lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total destruction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You ...
... parties , and the possession struggled for by the natives , the Greeks , the Carthaginians , and the Romans , your Lordship will easily recollect . You will remember the total destruction of such bodies as an army of 300,000 men . You ...
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... parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too , for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , sup- ported each of them by one or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service . The people ...
... parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too , for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , sup- ported each of them by one or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service . The people ...
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