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Page 12
But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only half
so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis
had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three
...
But I am content to detract from this , and to suppose that the Indians lost only half
so much , and then the account stands thus : In this war alone , ( for Semiramis
had other wars , ) in this single reign , and in this one spot of the globe , did three
...
Page 32
... wise forced or strained , while thousands have , for brevity , been omitted ; after
so candid a discussion in all respects ; what slave so passive , what bigot so
blind , what enthusiast so headlong , what politician so hardened , as to stand up
in ...
... wise forced or strained , while thousands have , for brevity , been omitted ; after
so candid a discussion in all respects ; what slave so passive , what bigot so
blind , what enthusiast so headlong , what politician so hardened , as to stand up
in ...
Page 34
Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much
exercised , where the houses are built of combustible materials , and where they
stand extremely close . In the second place , the several constituent parts having
...
Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much
exercised , where the houses are built of combustible materials , and where they
stand extremely close . In the second place , the several constituent parts having
...
Page 49
This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and
by increasing its bulk , has , I am afraid , added to its faults , so that ,
notwithstanding all my attention , it may stand in need of a yet greater share of
indulgence ...
This , with the other explanations , has made the work considerably larger ; and
by increasing its bulk , has , I am afraid , added to its faults , so that ,
notwithstanding all my attention , it may stand in need of a yet greater share of
indulgence ...
Page 98
Tremble , thou earth ! at the presence of the Lord ; at the presence of the God of
Jacob ; which turned the rock into standing water , the flint into a fountain of
waters ! It were endless to enumerate all the passages , both in the sacred and
profane ...
Tremble , thou earth ! at the presence of the Lord ; at the presence of the God of
Jacob ; which turned the rock into standing water , the flint into a fountain of
waters ! It were endless to enumerate all the passages , both in the sacred and
profane ...
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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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