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Page 81
This noble capital , the pride of England and of Europe , I believe no man is so
strangely wicked as to desire to see destroyed by a conflagration or an
earthquake , though he should be removed himself to the greatest distance from
the danger ...
This noble capital , the pride of England and of Europe , I believe no man is so
strangely wicked as to desire to see destroyed by a conflagration or an
earthquake , though he should be removed himself to the greatest distance from
the danger ...
Page 190
... and instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive
taxes upon the people of England . While the British seamen were consuming on
board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were ...
... and instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive
taxes upon the people of England . While the British seamen were consuming on
board our men of war and privateers , foreign ships and foreign seamen were ...
Page 193
Talking at our ease and of other countries , we may bear to be diverted with such
speculations ; but in England we shall never be taught to look upon the
annihilation of our trade , the ruin of our credit , the defeat of our armies , and the
loss of ...
Talking at our ease and of other countries , we may bear to be diverted with such
speculations ; but in England we shall never be taught to look upon the
annihilation of our trade , the ruin of our credit , the defeat of our armies , and the
loss of ...
Page 194
However , if it had so pleased the peace - makers , it was no dear purchase ; for it
was decisive of the fortune of the war and the terms of the treaty : the duke of
Nivernois thought so ; France , England , Europe , considered it in that light ; all
the ...
However , if it had so pleased the peace - makers , it was no dear purchase ; for it
was decisive of the fortune of the war and the terms of the treaty : the duke of
Nivernois thought so ; France , England , Europe , considered it in that light ; all
the ...
Page 195
This author knows that France did not put those colonies into the hands of
England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands
of France . In the next place , our author ! is pleased to consider the conquest of
those ...
This author knows that France did not put those colonies into the hands of
England ; but he well knows who did put the most valuable of them into the hands
of France . In the next place , our author ! is pleased to consider the conquest of
those ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Vindication of Natural Society. Essay on the sublime and the beautiful Bohn's British classics Volume 1 of The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2008 |
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