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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... produce of the vintage in Guienne and Languedoc give to that city the means of its contribution growing out of an export commerce . The landholders who spend their estates in Paris , and are thereby the creators of that city ...
... produce of the vintage in Guienne and Languedoc give to that city the means of its contribution growing out of an export commerce . The landholders who spend their estates in Paris , and are thereby the creators of that city ...
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... produce no profit but by dividing the estate . Yet , formidable as this tax appears , it will not , I be- lieve , produce so much as the commutation tax ; should it produce more , it ought to be lowered to that amount upon estates under ...
... produce no profit but by dividing the estate . Yet , formidable as this tax appears , it will not , I be- lieve , produce so much as the commutation tax ; should it produce more , it ought to be lowered to that amount upon estates under ...
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Edmund Burke. TABLE III Showing the net produce of every estate from one thousand to twenty - three thousand pounds a year . No. of thousands per annum . Total tax subtracted . Net produce . £ 1000 £ 21 £ 979 2000 59 1941 3000 109 2891 ...
Edmund Burke. TABLE III Showing the net produce of every estate from one thousand to twenty - three thousand pounds a year . No. of thousands per annum . Total tax subtracted . Net produce . £ 1000 £ 21 £ 979 2000 59 1941 3000 109 2891 ...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke,Alan Wolfe,Darrin M. McMahon,Conor Cruise O'Brien,Jack N. Rakove Podgląd niedostępny - 2003 |
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