The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 60
... France makes war upon Great Britain . God avert the omen ! But if we should see any genius in war and politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! -I turn my eyes from the con- sequences . The noble lord in the blue ...
... France makes war upon Great Britain . God avert the omen ! But if we should see any genius in war and politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! -I turn my eyes from the con- sequences . The noble lord in the blue ...
Page 61
... France : I am not in dread of the gallant spirit of its brave and numerous nobility : I am not alarmed even at the great navy which has been so miraculously created . All these things Louis the Fourteenth had before . With all these ...
... France : I am not in dread of the gallant spirit of its brave and numerous nobility : I am not alarmed even at the great navy which has been so miraculously created . All these things Louis the Fourteenth had before . With all these ...
Page 62
... France , and is the substance to be so mis- chievous to England ? Is the very constitution of nature so altered by a sea of twenty miles , that economy should give power on the continent , and that profusion should give it here ? For ...
... France , and is the substance to be so mis- chievous to England ? Is the very constitution of nature so altered by a sea of twenty miles , that economy should give power on the continent , and that profusion should give it here ? For ...
Page 63
... France uses in addressing himself to his people ; and it differs only , as it falls short of the French king's idea of what is due to his subjects . " To con- vince , " says he , our faithful subjects of the desire we enter- tain not to ...
... France uses in addressing himself to his people ; and it differs only , as it falls short of the French king's idea of what is due to his subjects . " To con- vince , " says he , our faithful subjects of the desire we enter- tain not to ...
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... France , and to cast off yours . As for us , we were able neither to protect nor to restrain them . Forty thousand men were raised and disciplined without commission from the crown . Two illegal armies were seen with banners displayed ...
... France , and to cast off yours . As for us , we were able neither to protect nor to restrain them . Forty thousand men were raised and disciplined without commission from the crown . Two illegal armies were seen with banners displayed ...
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