Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that EventPenguin Books, 1969 - 400 páginas |
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... scheme of things , a king is but a man ; a queen is but a woman ; a woman is but an animal ; and an animal not of the highest order . All homage paid to the sex in general as such , and without distinct views , is to be re- garded as ...
... scheme of things , a king is but a man ; a queen is but a woman ; a woman is but an animal ; and an animal not of the highest order . All homage paid to the sex in general as such , and without distinct views , is to be re- garded as ...
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... scheme of things , because it is an old one . As to the new , they are in no sort of fear with re- gard to the duration of a building run up in haste ; because duration is no object to those who think little or nothing has been done ...
... scheme of things , because it is an old one . As to the new , they are in no sort of fear with re- gard to the duration of a building run up in haste ; because duration is no object to those who think little or nothing has been done ...
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... scheme the first constituent voter has no connexion with the representative legislator , remains in all its force . There are other alterations , some possibly for the better , some cer- tainly for the worse ; but to the author the ...
... scheme the first constituent voter has no connexion with the representative legislator , remains in all its force . There are other alterations , some possibly for the better , some cer- tainly for the worse ; but to the author the ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 7 |
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE | 77 |
BURKES PREFATORY NOTE | 83 |
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