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249 ReflecTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE , AND ON The
ProCEEDINGS OF CERTAIN SocietieS IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT Event
277 LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 519 A LETTER
TO JOHN ...
249 ReflecTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE , AND ON The
ProCEEDINGS OF CERTAIN SocietieS IN LONDON RELATIVE TO THAT Event
277 LETTER TO A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 519 A LETTER
TO JOHN ...
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In this manner the stirrers - up of this contention , not satisfied with distracting our
dependencies and filling them with blood and deavouring to tear up , along with
practical liberty , all the foundations of human society , all equity and justice ...
In this manner the stirrers - up of this contention , not satisfied with distracting our
dependencies and filling them with blood and deavouring to tear up , along with
practical liberty , all the foundations of human society , all equity and justice ...
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Such a society cannot be kept with . out advantage , or leserted without shame .
For this rule of conduct I may be called in reproach a party man ; but I am little
affected with such aspersions . In the way which they call party , I worship the ...
Such a society cannot be kept with . out advantage , or leserted without shame .
For this rule of conduct I may be called in reproach a party man ; but I am little
affected with such aspersions . In the way which they call party , I worship the ...
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If any one thinks this kind of society to be taken up as the best method of
gratifying low , personal pride , or ambitious interest , he is mistaken ; and he
knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in
the ...
If any one thinks this kind of society to be taken up as the best method of
gratifying low , personal pride , or ambitious interest , he is mistaken ; and he
knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in
the ...
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... an union of such men , whatever accidentally becomes indisposed to ill -
exercised power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join
with that society , and cannot long be joined without in some degree assimilating
to it .
... an union of such men , whatever accidentally becomes indisposed to ill -
exercised power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join
with that society , and cannot long be joined without in some degree assimilating
to it .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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