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But a body politic is not influenced by caprice or whim ; it proceeds in a regular
manner ; its succession is insensible ; and every man , as he enters it , either has
, or soon attains , the spirit of the whole body . Never was it known , that an ...
But a body politic is not influenced by caprice or whim ; it proceeds in a regular
manner ; its succession is insensible ; and every man , as he enters it , either has
, or soon attains , the spirit of the whole body . Never was it known , that an ...
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The republic of Venice is somewhat more moderate ; yet even here , so heavy is
the aristocratic yoke , that the nobles have been obliged to enervate the spirit of
their subjects by every sort of debauchery ; they have denied them the liberty of ...
The republic of Venice is somewhat more moderate ; yet even here , so heavy is
the aristocratic yoke , that the nobles have been obliged to enervate the spirit of
their subjects by every sort of debauchery ; they have denied them the liberty of ...
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Some of these men , for whose sakes alone we read their history , they banished
; others they imprisoned ; and all they treated with various circumstances of the
most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute ...
Some of these men , for whose sakes alone we read their history , they banished
; others they imprisoned ; and all they treated with various circumstances of the
most shameful ingratitude . Republics have many things in the spirit of absolute ...
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... 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 . The people , forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and
intoxicated ...
... 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 . The people , forgetful of all virtue and public spirit , and
intoxicated ...
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Thirdly , the several parts of this species of government , though united , preserve
the spirit which each form has separately . Kings are ambitious ; the nobility
haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , however
in ...
Thirdly , the several parts of this species of government , though united , preserve
the spirit which each form has separately . Kings are ambitious ; the nobility
haughty ; and the populace tumultuous and ungovernable . Each party , however
in ...
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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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