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They beg most piteously for liberty, that they may earn their daily bread by laborious servitude, or to be relieved from their misery by immediate death.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “They beg most piteously for liberty, that they may earn their daily bread by laborious servitude, or to be relieved from…”
Editor's note · Context
Burke highlights the desperate pleas of women suffering under oppressive conditions, emphasizing their desire for freedom or relief from suffering.
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