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They relieved themselves by throwing off the whole burden.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They relieved themselves by throwing off the whole burden.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke observes how people relieved themselves from burdensome taxes.
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