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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... poor - rates are not less than seven shillings in the pound . From this , as is already observed , the aristocracy ... poor . The Duke of Richmond alone ( and there are cases similar to his ) takes away as much for himself as would ...
... poor - rates are not less than seven shillings in the pound . From this , as is already observed , the aristocracy ... poor . The Duke of Richmond alone ( and there are cases similar to his ) takes away as much for himself as would ...
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... poor - rates are a direct tax which every housekeeper feels , and who knows also , to a farthing , the sum which he pays . The national amount of the whole of the poor - rates is not positively known , but can be procured . Sir John ...
... poor - rates are a direct tax which every housekeeper feels , and who knows also , to a farthing , the sum which he pays . The national amount of the whole of the poor - rates is not positively known , but can be procured . Sir John ...
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... poor will be : To two hundred and fifty - two thousand poor families containing six hundred and thirty thousand children To one hundred and fifty thousand aged persons £ 2,520,000 1,120,000 £ 3,640,000 There will then remain three ...
... poor will be : To two hundred and fifty - two thousand poor families containing six hundred and thirty thousand children To one hundred and fifty thousand aged persons £ 2,520,000 1,120,000 £ 3,640,000 There will then remain three ...
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