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Page 8
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 , and that we owe
an implicit ...
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 , and that we owe
an implicit ...
Page 15
These wars , I mean those called the Punic wars , could not have stood the
human race in less than three millions of the species . And yet this forms but a
part only , and a very small part , of the havoc caused by the Roman ambition .
The war ...
These wars , I mean those called the Punic wars , could not have stood the
human race in less than three millions of the species . And yet this forms but a
part only , and a very small part , of the havoc caused by the Roman ambition .
The war ...
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Examine history ; consult present experience ; and you will find that far the
greater part of the quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other
occasion , than , that these nations were different combinations of people , and
called by ...
Examine history ; consult present experience ; and you will find that far the
greater part of the quarrels between several nations , had scarce any other
occasion , than , that these nations were different combinations of people , and
called by ...
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The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason
which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general
right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of particulars ? What sort of justice
is ...
The whole of this mystery of iniquity is called the reason of state . It is a reason
which I own I cannot penetrate . What sort of a protection is this of the general
right , that is maintained by infringing the rights of particulars ? What sort of justice
is ...
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This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped it would be
impossible that such a number could ever join in any design against the general
good ; and they promised themselves a great deal of security and happiness ,
from ...
This originally formed what is called an aristocracy . They hoped it would be
impossible that such a number could ever join in any design against the general
good ; and they promised themselves a great deal of security and happiness ,
from ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 Bohn's British classics Bohn's British classics: Burke's works The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Edition | 5, revised |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 512 pages |
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