Reflections on the Revolution in FranceAnchor Press/Doubleday, 1973 - 515 Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers. |
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... continue to address myself to you . Indulging myself in the freedom of epistolary intercourse , I beg leave to throw out my thoughts , and express my feelings , just as they arise in my mind , with very little attention to formal method ...
... continue to address myself to you . Indulging myself in the freedom of epistolary intercourse , I beg leave to throw out my thoughts , and express my feelings , just as they arise in my mind , with very little attention to formal method ...
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... continuing to adopt a plan of heredi- tary Protestant succession in the old line , with all the dangers and all the ... continue to cherish them . We ought not , on either side of the water , to suffer ourselves to be imposed upon by ...
... continuing to adopt a plan of heredi- tary Protestant succession in the old line , with all the dangers and all the ... continue to cherish them . We ought not , on either side of the water , to suffer ourselves to be imposed upon by ...
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... continue the regards and connexions of life beyond the grave ; through collections of the specimens of nature , which become a representative as- sembly of all the classes and families of the world , that by disposition facilitate , and ...
... continue the regards and connexions of life beyond the grave ; through collections of the specimens of nature , which become a representative as- sembly of all the classes and families of the world , that by disposition facilitate , and ...
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