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" Turbulent, discontented men of quality, "in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate disregard... "
Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ... - Page 201
by Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 636 pages
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Maxims and opinions, moral, political and economical, with ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...with others. To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in«ociety, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public...portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of those who compose it, and as none but bad men would 26 justify it in abuse, none but traitors would...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...trust which led them from their natural relation to their flocks, and their natural spheres of nction, to undertake the regeneration of kingdoms. This preponderating...society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of publick affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...men it must have appeared from the beginning, that the majority of the third estate, in conjunclion with such a deputation from the clergy as I have described,...towards a love to our country and to mankind. The interests of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it...
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Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical, Volume 2

Edmond Burke - 1815 - 218 pages
...appropriation) given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolitic. DEMOCRATIC NOBLES. TURBULENT, discontented men of quality, in proportion...portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of those who compose it, and as none but bad men would 26 justify it in abuse, none but traitors would...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...the little platoon' we belong to irv society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of publick affections. It is the first link in the series by...portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands' bands of all those who compose it; and as none but bad men would justify it in abuse, none but traitors...
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The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 4

John Moore - 1820 - 444 pages
...sterling gold at his command, on every private or public occasion — this gentleman observes, that ' turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion...towards a love to our country and to mankind. The interests of that portion of social arrangement are a trust in the hands of all those who compose it...
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A view of the causes and progress of the French revolution

John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 442 pages
...sterling gold at his command, on every private or public occasion — this gentleman observes, that ' turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion...towards a love to our country and to mankind. The interests of that portion of social arrangement are a trust in the hands of all those who compose it...
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The works of John Moore. With memoirs of his life and writings, by ..., Volume 4

John Moore - 1820 - 440 pages
...sterling gold at his command, on every private or public occasion — this gentleman observes, that « turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion...towards a love to our country and to mankind. The interests of that portion of social arrangement are a trust in the hands of all those who compose it...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...of their fellows, would be to them no sacrifice at all. Turbulent, discontented men of quality, ib proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride...towards a love to our country and to mankind. The interests of that portion of social arrangement is a trust in the hands of all those who compose it...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1826 - 520 pages
...regard was had to the general security of properly, or to the aptitude of the deputies for their publick purposes, in the principles of their election. That...is the first principle ( the germ as it were ) of publick affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country...
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