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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... millions of souls . At the end of the last century it had been generally calculated at eighteen . On either of these estimations France was not ill- peopled . Mr. Necker , who is an authority for his own time at least equal to the ...
... millions of souls . At the end of the last century it had been generally calculated at eighteen . On either of these estimations France was not ill- peopled . Mr. Necker , who is an authority for his own time at least equal to the ...
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... millions sterling ; and if the same allowance for waste and accident be made for England which M. Necker makes for France , the quantity remaining after these deductions would be fifty - two millions . This sum ought to have been in the ...
... millions sterling ; and if the same allowance for waste and accident be made for England which M. Necker makes for France , the quantity remaining after these deductions would be fifty - two millions . This sum ought to have been in the ...
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... millions , making in the whole fifteen millions and a half ; which among twenty - four millions of people , is not quite thirteen shillings per head . France has lessened her taxes since the Revolution , nearly nine millions sterling ...
... millions , making in the whole fifteen millions and a half ; which among twenty - four millions of people , is not quite thirteen shillings per head . France has lessened her taxes since the Revolution , nearly nine millions sterling ...
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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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