The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... interest to their passion . All this rage against unresisting dissent convinces me , that , at bottom , they are far from satisfied they are in the right . For what is it they would have ? A war ? They certainly have at this moment the ...
... interest to their passion . All this rage against unresisting dissent convinces me , that , at bottom , they are far from satisfied they are in the right . For what is it they would have ? A war ? They certainly have at this moment the ...
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... interest of some paltry faction to the very being of their country ) who would not wish that the Americans should from time to time carry many points , and even some of them not quite reasonable , by the aid of any denomination of men ...
... interest of some paltry faction to the very being of their country ) who would not wish that the Americans should from time to time carry many points , and even some of them not quite reasonable , by the aid of any denomination of men ...
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... interests by treaty . We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King Charles the Second to abandon ... interest by all these arts ; nor was it enough to tell them , they were at war ; that they must go through with it ...
... interests by treaty . We all know that the sense of the nation obliged the court of King Charles the Second to abandon ... interest by all these arts ; nor was it enough to tell them , they were at war ; that they must go through with it ...
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... interest , or to answer any election purpose , to forsake principles , ( whatever they are , ) which I had formed at a mature age , on full reflection , and which had been confirmed by long experience , I should forfeit the only thing ...
... interest , or to answer any election purpose , to forsake principles , ( whatever they are , ) which I had formed at a mature age , on full reflection , and which had been confirmed by long experience , I should forfeit the only thing ...
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... interest , he is mistaken ; and he knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in the slightest degree from others . There are some of those , whom I admire at something of a greater distance , with ...
... interest , he is mistaken ; and he knows nothing of the world . Preferring this connexion , I do not mean to detract in the slightest degree from others . There are some of those , whom I admire at something of a greater distance , with ...
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