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Page 4
In such cases , the writer has a certain fire and alacrity inspired into him by a
consciousness , that , let it fare how it will with the subject , his ingenuity will be
sure of applause ; and this alacrity becomes much greater if he acts upon the
offensive ...
In such cases , the writer has a certain fire and alacrity inspired into him by a
consciousness , that , let it fare how it will with the subject , his ingenuity will be
sure of applause ; and this alacrity becomes much greater if he acts upon the
offensive ...
Page 17
We have not perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of
what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only
expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what ...
We have not perhaps spoke of the five - hundredth part ; I am sure I have not of
what is actually ascertained in history ; but how much of these butcheries are only
expressed in generals , what part of time history has never reached , and what ...
Page 20
The very name of a politician , a statesman , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; it
has always connected with it the ideas of treachery , cruelty , fraud , and tyranny ;
and those writers , who have faithfully unveiled the mysteries of state ...
The very name of a politician , a statesman , is sure to cause terror and hatred ; it
has always connected with it the ideas of treachery , cruelty , fraud , and tyranny ;
and those writers , who have faithfully unveiled the mysteries of state ...
Page 24
So that , by sure and uncontested principles , the greatest part of the
governments on earth must be concluded tyrannies , impostures , violations of
the natural rights of mankind , and worse than the most disorderly anarchies .
How much other ...
So that , by sure and uncontested principles , the greatest part of the
governments on earth must be concluded tyrannies , impostures , violations of
the natural rights of mankind , and worse than the most disorderly anarchies .
How much other ...
Page 37
Sure I am that they are very great evils . I have done with the forms of government
. During the course of my inquiry you may have observed a very material
difference between my manner of reasoning and that which is in use amongst the
...
Sure I am that they are very great evils . I have done with the forms of government
. During the course of my inquiry you may have observed a very material
difference between my manner of reasoning and that which is in use amongst the
...
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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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