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A LETTER TO LORD * * * * SHALL I venture to say , my Lord , that in our late
conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the
feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid
open ...
A LETTER TO LORD * * * * SHALL I venture to say , my Lord , that in our late
conversation , you were inclined to the party which you adopted rather by the
feelings of your good nature , than by the conviction of your judgment ? We laid
open ...
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All empires have been cemented in blood ; and , in those early periods when the
race of mankind began first to form themselves into parties and combinations ,
the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems
purposely ...
All empires have been cemented in blood ; and , in those early periods when the
race of mankind began first to form themselves into parties and combinations ,
the first effect of the combination , and indeed the end for which it seems
purposely ...
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... by involving all the contending parties in the same destruction . It is little to say ,
that the contentions between the successors of Alexander depopulated that part
of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians ...
... by involving all the contending parties in the same destruction . It is little to say ,
that the contentions between the successors of Alexander depopulated that part
of the world of at least two millions . The struggle between the Macedonians ...
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have done , and ever will do , in a real weakness of all parties ; a momentary
shadow and dream of power in some one ; and the subjection of all to the yoke of
a stranger , who knows how to profit of their divisions . This at least was the case
of ...
have done , and ever will do , in a real weakness of all parties ; a momentary
shadow and dream of power in some one ; and the subjection of all to the yoke of
a stranger , who knows how to profit of their divisions . This at least was the case
of ...
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And besides its own parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too
, for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , supported each of them by one
or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service .
And besides its own parties , in this city there were parties , and avowed ones too
, for the Persians , Spartans , and Macedonians , supported each of them by one
or more demagogues pensioned and bribed to this iniquitous service .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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