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Page 56
... withholds itself from those that are invidious . Gen . tlemen who are , with me ,
verging towards the decline of life , and are apt to form their ideas of kings from
kings of former times , might dread the anger of a reigning prince ; - they who are
...
... withholds itself from those that are invidious . Gen . tlemen who are , with me ,
verging towards the decline of life , and are apt to form their ideas of kings from
kings of former times , might dread the anger of a reigning prince ; - they who are
...
Page 71
Cross a brook , and you lose the king of England ; but you have some comfort in
coming again under his Majesty , though “ shorn of his beams , " and no more
than Prince of Wales . Go to the north , and you find him dwindled to a Duke of ...
Cross a brook , and you lose the king of England ; but you have some comfort in
coming again under his Majesty , though “ shorn of his beams , " and no more
than Prince of Wales . Go to the north , and you find him dwindled to a Duke of ...
Page 74
It is not only between prince and subject , that these mock jurisdictions , and
mimic revenues , produce great mischief . They excite among the people a spirit
of informing and delating ; a spirit of supplanting and undermining one another .
It is not only between prince and subject , that these mock jurisdictions , and
mimic revenues , produce great mischief . They excite among the people a spirit
of informing and delating ; a spirit of supplanting and undermining one another .
Page 75
Subdivisions in government are only admissible in favour of the dignity of inferior
princes , and high nobility ; or for the ... The principality of Wales was given by
patent to Edward the Black Prince , on the ground on which it has since stood .
Subdivisions in government are only admissible in favour of the dignity of inferior
princes , and high nobility ; or for the ... The principality of Wales was given by
patent to Edward the Black Prince , on the ground on which it has since stood .
Page 76
But as the Duke of Lancaster is but a sort of Duke Humphrey , and not worth a
groat , our sovereign was obliged to pay the costs of both . Indeed this art of
converting a great monarch into a little prince , this royal masquerading , is a very
...
But as the Duke of Lancaster is but a sort of Duke Humphrey , and not worth a
groat , our sovereign was obliged to pay the costs of both . Indeed this art of
converting a great monarch into a little prince , this royal masquerading , is a very
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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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