The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1 |
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... dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and independent of the countenance of ' the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the There inferior officers of this species of government ; each in ...
... dangerous , as an aspiring quality , that claims an esteem by itself , and independent of the countenance of ' the court . What has been said of the chief , is true of the There inferior officers of this species of government ; each in ...
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... dangerous to the rulers , whether sultans or senators . The Ostracism at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with some flashes of success which they owed to ...
... dangerous to the rulers , whether sultans or senators . The Ostracism at Athens was built upon this principle . The giddy people , whom we have now under consideration , being elated with some flashes of success which they owed to ...
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... dangerous to the speaker . The orators no longer ascended the rostrum , but to corrupt them further with the most fulsome adulation . These orators were all bribed by foreign princes on the one side or the other . And besides its own ...
... dangerous to the speaker . The orators no longer ascended the rostrum , but to corrupt them further with the most fulsome adulation . These orators were all bribed by foreign princes on the one side or the other . And besides its own ...
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... danger . Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much exercised , where the houses are built of combustible mate- rials , and where they stand extremely close . In the second place , the several ...
... danger . Such a system is like a city , where trades that require constant fires are much exercised , where the houses are built of combustible mate- rials , and where they stand extremely close . In the second place , the several ...
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... danger to a man out of that profession , to make the least step without their advice and assistance . Thus , by confining to themselves the knowledge of the founda- tion of all men's lives and properties , they have reduced all mankind ...
... danger to a man out of that profession , to make the least step without their advice and assistance . Thus , by confining to themselves the knowledge of the founda- tion of all men's lives and properties , they have reduced all mankind ...
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