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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... wish myself to be solicited about them . They are of too little consequence to be very anxiously either communicated or withheld . It was from attention to you , and to you only , that I hesitated at the time , when you first desired to ...
... wish myself to be solicited about them . They are of too little consequence to be very anxiously either communicated or withheld . It was from attention to you , and to you only , that I hesitated at the time , when you first desired to ...
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... wishes as it is unsupported by any appear- ance of authority . The very idea of the fabrication of a new government , is enough to fill us with disgust and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wish , to derive ...
... wishes as it is unsupported by any appear- ance of authority . The very idea of the fabrication of a new government , is enough to fill us with disgust and horror . We wished at the period of the Revolution , and do now wish , to derive ...
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... wish , Sir , that you and my readers would give an atten- tive perusal to the work of M. de Calonne , on this subject . It is indeed not only an eloquent but an able and instructive performance . I confine myself to what he says ...
... wish , Sir , that you and my readers would give an atten- tive perusal to the work of M. de Calonne , on this subject . It is indeed not only an eloquent but an able and instructive performance . I confine myself to what he says ...
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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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