Reflections on the Revolution in FranceLiberal Arts Press, 1955 - 307 |
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... scheme upon paper ; and not a living , active , effective constitution . This was to be Burke's position for the rest of his life and was the one he had taken in the Vindication back in 1756. In his vehement denunciation of the French ...
... scheme upon paper ; and not a living , active , effective constitution . This was to be Burke's position for the rest of his life and was the one he had taken in the Vindication back in 1756. In his vehement denunciation of the French ...
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... scheme it is impossible to divine what advantage they derive from the aristocratic preference upon which the unequal repre- sentation of the masses is founded . The rich cannot feel it , either as a support to dignity or as security to ...
... scheme it is impossible to divine what advantage they derive from the aristocratic preference upon which the unequal repre- sentation of the masses is founded . The rich cannot feel it , either as a support to dignity or as security to ...
Strona 239
... scheme of polity , the state nurses in its bosom , for the present , a source of weakness , perplexity , counteraction , inefficiency , and decay ; and it prepares the means of its final ruin . In short , I see nothing in the executive ...
... scheme of polity , the state nurses in its bosom , for the present , a source of weakness , perplexity , counteraction , inefficiency , and decay ; and it prepares the means of its final ruin . In short , I see nothing in the executive ...
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