The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject . They operate by the same prin- ciple ; and they ...
... honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject . They operate by the same prin- ciple ; and they ...
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... honour , and exchange of prisoners , in the late rebellions in this king- dom ? The answer to all demands of that sort was , We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present ...
... honour , and exchange of prisoners , in the late rebellions in this king- dom ? The answer to all demands of that sort was , We can engage for nothing ; you are at the king's pleasure . " We ought to remember , that if our present ...
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... honour of our country , we might then in cold blood be brought to think a little of our interests as individual citizens , and our private conscience as moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those ...
... honour of our country , we might then in cold blood be brought to think a little of our interests as individual citizens , and our private conscience as moral agents . Indeed our affairs are in a bad condition . I do assure those ...
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... honour against foreign powers . But the wisdom of the nation has been far more clear , when those ministers have been compelled to consult its interests by treaty . We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King ...
... honour against foreign powers . But the wisdom of the nation has been far more clear , when those ministers have been compelled to consult its interests by treaty . We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King ...
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... honour or advantage ? Whatever changes have happened in the national character , it can scarcely be our wish , that terms of accommodation never should be proposed to our enemy , except when they must be attributed solely to our fears ...
... honour or advantage ? Whatever changes have happened in the national character , it can scarcely be our wish , that terms of accommodation never should be proposed to our enemy , except when they must be attributed solely to our fears ...
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