The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... reform ourselves . If measures of peace are necessary , they must begin some- where ; and a conciliatory temper must precede and prepare every plan of reconciliation . Nor do I conceive that we suffer anything by thus regulating our own ...
... reform ourselves . If measures of peace are necessary , they must begin some- where ; and a conciliatory temper must precede and prepare every plan of reconciliation . Nor do I conceive that we suffer anything by thus regulating our own ...
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... reform the errors under which they suffer , than to reproach those who fore- warned them of their danger . But the rebels looked for assistance from this country . They did so , in the beginning of this controversy , most cer- tainly ...
... reform the errors under which they suffer , than to reproach those who fore- warned them of their danger . But the rebels looked for assistance from this country . They did so , in the beginning of this controversy , most cer- tainly ...
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... reform in the constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of ...
... reform in the constitution of several parts of the public economy . " I have endeavoured , that this plan should include , in its execution , a considerable reduction of improper expense ; that it should effect a conversion of ...
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... reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are very few of those virtues which are not capable of being ...
... reform must operate as a sort of punishment . Indeed the whole class of the severe and restrictive virtues are at a market almost too high for humanity . What is worse , there are very few of those virtues which are not capable of being ...
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... reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men , forced into an involun- tary ...
... reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men , forced into an involun- tary ...
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