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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... amount to nothing , since it cannot amount to a prohibition of reading . This would be a sentence of the public , instead of the author , and would also be the most effectual mode of making or hastening revolutions . On all cases that ...
... amount to nothing , since it cannot amount to a prohibition of reading . This would be a sentence of the public , instead of the author , and would also be the most effectual mode of making or hastening revolutions . On all cases that ...
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... amount of the whole of the poor - rates is not positively known , but can be procured . Sir John Sinclair in his " History of the Reve- nue , " has stated it at £ 2,100,587 , a considerable part of which is expended in litigations , in ...
... amount of the whole of the poor - rates is not positively known , but can be procured . Sir John Sinclair in his " History of the Reve- nue , " has stated it at £ 2,100,587 , a considerable part of which is expended in litigations , in ...
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... amounts to this sum , and this tax might be taken off the first year . The second year the tax on female servants , or some other of the like amount , might also be taken off , and by proceeding in this manner , always apply- ing the ...
... amounts to this sum , and this tax might be taken off the first year . The second year the tax on female servants , or some other of the like amount , might also be taken off , and by proceeding in this manner , always apply- ing the ...
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