The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 1C.C. Little & J. Brown, 1839 - Great Britain |
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... make the lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the same philosophy which caused the grief , did not at the same time administer the comfort . On considering political societies , their origin , their constitu-
... make the lives of all thinking men extremely miserable , if the same philosophy which caused the grief , did not at the same time administer the comfort . On considering political societies , their origin , their constitu-
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Edmund Burke. On considering political societies , their origin , their constitu- tion , and their effects , I have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness ...
Edmund Burke. On considering political societies , their origin , their constitu- tion , and their effects , I have sometimes been in a good deal more than doubt , whether the Creator did ever really intend man for a state of happiness ...
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... political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened ...
... political society . And hence the sources of what are usually called states , civil societies or governments ; into some form of which , more extended or restrained , all mankind have gradually fallen . And since it has so happened ...
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... political Doctor , to consider peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . A medita- tion on the conduct of political societies made old Hobbes imagine ...
... political Doctor , to consider peace only as a breathing - time , which gives him leisure to contrive , and furnishes ability to execute military plans . A medita- tion on the conduct of political societies made old Hobbes imagine ...
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... political society . I charge the whole of these effects on polit- ical society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your Lordship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions ...
... political society . I charge the whole of these effects on polit- ical society . I avow the charge , and I shall presently make it good to your Lordship's satisfaction . The numbers I particularized are about thirty - six millions ...
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