I felt every gazette of triumph as a blow upon my heart, which has an hundred times sunk and fainted within me at all the mischiefs brought upon those who bear the whole brunt of war in the heart of their country.
Burke conveys the emotional toll that news of triumph in war has on him, highlighting the human cost of conflict.
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