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... FIFTH EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . With Fine Portrait . Printed uniformly with the present Edition , to which it forms an essential accompaniment Volume . Price 3s . 6d . THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE . VOL.
... FIFTH EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . With Fine Portrait . Printed uniformly with the present Edition , to which it forms an essential accompaniment Volume . Price 3s . 6d . THE WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE . VOL.
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... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION 185 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 306 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS ...
... PRESENT STATE OF THE NATION 185 THOUGHTS ON THE CAUSE OF THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS 306 SPEECH ON AMERICAN TAXATION 382 SPEECHES AT MR . BURKE'S ARRIVAL AT BRISTOL , AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE POLL 438 SPEECH ON MOVING HIS RESOLUTIONS ...
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... inhabitants . In short , it were hardly possible to conceive a more horrid and bloody picture , if that the Punic wars that ensued soon after did not present one that far 14 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . PAGE PAGE.
... inhabitants . In short , it were hardly possible to conceive a more horrid and bloody picture , if that the Punic wars that ensued soon after did not present one that far 14 A VINDICATION OF NATURAL SOCIETY . PAGE PAGE.
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... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristo- cratic form ; but it is well known , that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only ...
... present the name of republic , and it is one of the aristo- cratic form ; but it is well known , that the little finger of this government is heavier than the loins of arbitrary power in most nations . The people are not only ...
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... present to hear truth , or when I shall be more indifferent about its temper , my thoughts may become more public . In the mean time , let them repose in my own bosom , and in the bosoms of such men as are fit to be initiated in the ...
... present to hear truth , or when I shall be more indifferent about its temper , my thoughts may become more public . In the mean time , let them repose in my own bosom , and in the bosoms of such men as are fit to be initiated in the ...
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