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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Edmund Burke. Five hundred ditto , at one hundred pounds each Seven hundred ditto , at seventy - five pounds each 50,000 52,500 £ 497,500 If a nation chooses , it can deduct four per cent from all offices , and make one of twenty ...
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... pounds . It is , therefore , most probable , that the population of Birmingham is over - rated . Fourteen thousand pounds is the proportion upon fifty thousand souls , taking two millions of poor - rates as the national amount . Be it ...
... pounds . It is , therefore , most probable , that the population of Birmingham is over - rated . Fourteen thousand pounds is the proportion upon fifty thousand souls , taking two millions of poor - rates as the national amount . Be it ...
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... pounds per annum out of the surplus taxes ; and ten pounds per an- num during life , after the age of sixty . The expense of which will be : Seventy thousand persons at six pounds per annum Seventy thousand persons at ten pounds per ...
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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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