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Page 14
It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to
provide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium
between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds ...
It is not , gentlemen , it is not to respect the dispensations of Providence , nor to
provide any decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs . It leaves no medium
between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds ...
Page 23
They paid but little respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed
by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade ; by their massacre at Amboyna ,
acted on the stage to provoke the public vengeance ; nor by declamations ...
They paid but little respect to the court jargon of that day ; nor were they inflamed
by the pretended rivalship of the Dutch in trade ; by their massacre at Amboyna ,
acted on the stage to provoke the public vengeance ; nor by declamations ...
Page 36
If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
If my conduct has not been able to make any impression on the warm part of that
ancient and powerful party , with whose support I was not honoured at my
election ; on my side , my respect , regard , and duty to them is not at all lessened
.
Page 37
I know my weakness in all respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I
attempt to take security against it . The only method which has ever been found
effectual to preserve any man against the corruption of nature and example , is ...
I know my weakness in all respects , as much at least as any enemy I have ; and I
attempt to take security against it . The only method which has ever been found
effectual to preserve any man against the corruption of nature and example , is ...
Page 43
You will be so good as to present my best respects to the Society , and to assure
them , that it was altogether unnecessary to remind me of the interest of the
constituents . I have never regarded anything else since I had a seat in
parliament .
You will be so good as to present my best respects to the Society , and to assure
them , that it was altogether unnecessary to remind me of the interest of the
constituents . I have never regarded anything else since I had a seat in
parliament .
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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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