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" ... chieftains so as to form them into an adverse army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible.... "
The Works of ... Edmund Burke - Page 219
by Edmund Burke - 1803
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Letter to a Member of the National Assembly

Edmund Burke - France - 1791 - 232 pages
...into an adverfe army, I no longer know that venerable objedt called the people in fuch a difbanded race of deferters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed j but in fuch a manner as wild beads are terrible. The mind owes to them no fort of fubmiffion. They...
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Works, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...into an adverfe army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in fuch a difbanded race of deferters and vagabonds. For a while they...beafts are terrible. The mind owes to them no fort of fubmiflion. m They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels. They may lawfully be fought with,...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 33

History - 1795 - 688 pages
...into an adverfe army, 1 no longer know that venerable objeft called the people in fnch a difbanded race of deferters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed ; but in iiu.li a manner as wild beads are terrible. The mind owes to them no fort of fubmiffion. They arc,...
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The Spirit of Despotism ...

Vicesimus Knox - Despotism - 1802 - 396 pages
...indeed ; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of submission. They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels....They may lawfully be fought with and brought under t whenever an advantage offers." What gave rise to these elucidations he has told us a few pages before....
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed ; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of submission. They are, as...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...army, I no longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed ; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of .submission. They are,...
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A Comparative Display of the Different Opinions of the Most ..., Volume 2

France - 1811 - 662 pages
...into an adverfe army; I no longer kno\v that venerable object called the people, in fuch a difbanded race of deferters and vagabonds. For a while they...They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels. Mr.Bnrke. They may lawfully be fought with, and brought '*~~* under, whenever an advantage offers....
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 2

Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...indeed ; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of submission. They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels....with, and brought under, whenever an advantage offers. Those who attempt by outrage and violence to deprive men of any advantage which they hold under the...
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The Spirit of Despotism

Vicesimus Knox, William Hone - Despotism - 1821 - 108 pages
...indeed ; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of submission. They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels....and brought under, whenever an advantage offers." What gave rise to these elucidations he bis told us a few pages before. " The factions now so busy...
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The Spirit of Despotism: Dedicated to Lord Castlereagh

Vicesimus Knox, William Hone - Despotism - 1821 - 108 pages
...indeed; but in such a manner as wild beasts are terrible. The mind owes to them no sort of submission. They are, as they have always been reputed, rebels. They may lawfully i>e FOUGHT WITH and brought under, whenever an advantage offers." together; but the people, as a part...
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