The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assembly |
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Your constitution , it is true , whilst you were out of possession , suffered waste and dilapidation ; but you possessed ... from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers , draws out the harmony of the universe 308 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
Your constitution , it is true , whilst you were out of possession , suffered waste and dilapidation ; but you possessed ... from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers , draws out the harmony of the universe 308 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assembly Bohn's standard library Volume 2 of The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | G. Bell & sons, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
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