The Works of Edmund Burke, with a Memoir, Zväzok 1Harper & Brothers, 1849 |
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Strana xvii
... suppose him incapable of mischief ; for though his origin was low , mean , and vulgar ; though he was trained in the most base and sor- did habits , yet when invested with a power to which his mind was not equal , he was capable of more ...
... suppose him incapable of mischief ; for though his origin was low , mean , and vulgar ; though he was trained in the most base and sor- did habits , yet when invested with a power to which his mind was not equal , he was capable of more ...
Strana 15
... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the cir- cumstances , it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
... suppose that one half was lost in the expedition . If this was the state of the victorious , and , from the cir- cumstances , it must have been this at the least ; the vanquished must have had a much heavier loss , as the greatest ...
Strana 16
... suppose hat 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 millions of souls expire ...
... suppose hat 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 millions of souls expire ...
Strana 24
... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
... suppose we were inclined to make the most ample concessions ; let us concede Athens , Rome , Carthage , and two or three more of the ancient , and as many of the modern commonwealths , to have been , or to be , free and happy , and to ...
Strana 29
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun they are buried in the bowels of the ...
... suppose that there are in Great Britain upwards of an hundred thousand people employed in lead , tin , iron , copper , and coal mines ; these unhappy wretches scarce ever see the light of the sun they are buried in the bowels of the ...
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