The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... court gazettes mean to impress the people . It is not instantly that I can be brought to rejoice , when I hear of the slaughter and cap- tivity of long lists of those names which have been familiar to my ears from my infancy , and to ...
... court gazettes mean to impress the people . It is not instantly that I can be brought to rejoice , when I hear of the slaughter and cap- tivity of long lists of those names which have been familiar to my ears from my infancy , and to ...
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... court faction here , I tremble to look at them . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed ' of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and ...
... court faction here , I tremble to look at them . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed ' of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and ...
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... court gazette accomplished what the abettors of independence had attempted in vain . When that disin- genuous compilation , and strange medley of railing and flat- tery , was adduced as a proof of the united sentiments of the people of ...
... court gazette accomplished what the abettors of independence had attempted in vain . When that disin- genuous compilation , and strange medley of railing and flat- tery , was adduced as a proof of the united sentiments of the people of ...
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... court of King Charles the Second to abandon the Dutch war ; a war next to the present the most impolitic which we ever carried on . The good people of England considered Holland as a sort of dependency on this kingdom ; they dreaded to ...
... court of King Charles the Second to abandon the Dutch war ; a war next to the present the most impolitic which we ever carried on . The good people of England considered Holland as a sort of dependency on this kingdom ; they dreaded to ...
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... court measures , he was then earnest in circulating an opinion of the extent of the supposed powers of that commission . When I told them that Lord Howe had no powers to treat , or to promise satis- faction on any point whatsoever of ...
... court measures , he was then earnest in circulating an opinion of the extent of the supposed powers of that commission . When I told them that Lord Howe had no powers to treat , or to promise satis- faction on any point whatsoever of ...
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