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II глов A LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF
AMERICA . . . . . . 1 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL ,
ON The BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVB TO THE TRADE OF
IRELAND ...
II глов A LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF
AMERICA . . . . . . 1 Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL ,
ON The BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVB TO THE TRADE OF
IRELAND ...
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A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS , ESQRS . , SHERIFFS OF THE
CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA . 1777 . GENTLEMEN , I
HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with ...
A LETTER TO JOHN FARR AND JOHN HARRIS , ESQRS . , SHERIFFS OF THE
CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA . 1777 . GENTLEMEN , I
HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with ...
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What but that blindness of heart which arises from the phrensy of civil contention ,
could have made any persons conceive the present situation of the British affairs
as an object of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ?
What but that blindness of heart which arises from the phrensy of civil contention ,
could have made any persons conceive the present situation of the British affairs
as an object of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ?
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the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to the scorn of Europe .
We behold ( and it seems some people rejoice in beholding ) our native land ,
which used to sit the envied arbiter of all her neighbours , reduced to a servile ...
the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to the scorn of Europe .
We behold ( and it seems some people rejoice in beholding ) our native land ,
which used to sit the envied arbiter of all her neighbours , reduced to a servile ...
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It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to
provide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium
between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds ...
It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to
provide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium
between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds ...
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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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