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Page 20
I declare , that I cannot discern the least advantage which could accrue to us , if
we were able to persuade our colonies that they had not a single friend in Great
Britain . On the conÍrary , if the affections and opinions of mankind be not
exploded ...
I declare , that I cannot discern the least advantage which could accrue to us , if
we were able to persuade our colonies that they had not a single friend in Great
Britain . On the conÍrary , if the affections and opinions of mankind be not
exploded ...
Page 26
If any gentlemen were able to see how one power could be given up ( merely on
abstract reasoning ) without giving up the rest , I can only say , that they saw
farther than I could ; nor did I ever presume to condemn any one for being clear ...
If any gentlemen were able to see how one power could be given up ( merely on
abstract reasoning ) without giving up the rest , I can only say , that they saw
farther than I could ; nor did I ever presume to condemn any one for being clear ...
Page 36
If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
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If once we are able to find , and can prevail on our . selves to strengthen , an
union of such men , whatever accidentally becomes indisposed to ill - exercised
power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join with that ...
If once we are able to find , and can prevail on our . selves to strengthen , an
union of such men , whatever accidentally becomes indisposed to ill - exercised
power , even by the ordinary operation of human passions , must join with that ...
Page 41
Those of a more robust make , the bold , able , ambitious men , who pay some of
their court to power through the people , and substitute the voice of transient
opinion in the place of true glory , will give in to the general mode ; and those ...
Those of a more robust make , the bold , able , ambitious men , who pay some of
their court to power through the people , and substitute the voice of transient
opinion in the place of true glory , will give in to the general mode ; and those ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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