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Page 13
The abused wealth of this country continues a little longer to feel its distemper .
As yet they , and their German allies of twenty hireling states , have contended
only with the unprepared strength of our own infant colonies . But America is not ...
The abused wealth of this country continues a little longer to feel its distemper .
As yet they , and their German allies of twenty hireling states , have contended
only with the unprepared strength of our own infant colonies . But America is not ...
Page 17
it would be right to reflect , that the American English ( whom they may abuse , if
they think it honourable to revile the absent ) can , as things now stand , neither
be provoked at our railing , nor bettered by our instruction . All communication is ...
it would be right to reflect , that the American English ( whom they may abuse , if
they think it honourable to revile the absent ) can , as things now stand , neither
be provoked at our railing , nor bettered by our instruction . All communication is ...
Page 41
Accordingly the least resistance to power appears more inexcusable in our eyes
than the greatest abuses of authority . All dread of a standing military force is
looked upon as a superstitious panic . All shame of calling in foreigners and ...
Accordingly the least resistance to power appears more inexcusable in our eyes
than the greatest abuses of authority . All dread of a standing military force is
looked upon as a superstitious panic . All shame of calling in foreigners and ...
Page 63
The expression of the petitions is , that “ before any new burthens are laid upon
this country , effectual measures be taken by this House to inquire into and
correct the gross abuses in the expenditure of public money . " This has been
treated by ...
The expression of the petitions is , that “ before any new burthens are laid upon
this country , effectual measures be taken by this House to inquire into and
correct the gross abuses in the expenditure of public money . " This has been
treated by ...
Page 64
There is a time , when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw
reverence , nor obtain protection . If the noble lord in the blue riband pleads “ not
guilty ” to the charges brought against the present system of public economy , it is
not ...
There is a time , when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw
reverence , nor obtain protection . If the noble lord in the blue riband pleads “ not
guilty ” to the charges brought against the present system of public economy , it is
not ...
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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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