The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... conduct has given sufficient evidence that if I am a single day from my place , it is not owing to indolence or love of dissipation . The slightest hope of doing good is sufficient to recall me to what I quitted with regret . In ...
... conduct has given sufficient evidence that if I am a single day from my place , it is not owing to indolence or love of dissipation . The slightest hope of doing good is sufficient to recall me to what I quitted with regret . In ...
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... those who remember the flourishing days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several unhappy people , amidst the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . , 11.
... those who remember the flourishing days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several unhappy people , amidst the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . , 11.
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Edmund Burke. the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to the scorn of Europe . We behold ( and it seems some people re- joice in beholding ) our native land , which used to sit the envied arbiter of all her neighbours ...
Edmund Burke. the sad spectacle which our affairs and conduct exhibit to the scorn of Europe . We behold ( and it seems some people re- joice in beholding ) our native land , which used to sit the envied arbiter of all her neighbours ...
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... conduct , at least , is conformable to our faculties . No man's life pays the forfeit of our rashness . No desolate widow weeps tears of blood over our ignorance . Scrupulous and sober in our well - grounded distrust of ourselves , we ...
... conduct , at least , is conformable to our faculties . No man's life pays the forfeit of our rashness . No desolate widow weeps tears of blood over our ignorance . Scrupulous and sober in our well - grounded distrust of ourselves , we ...
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... conducted the affairs of great nations with distinguished felicity and glory . When I first came into a public trust , I found your parlia- ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the ...
... conducted the affairs of great nations with distinguished felicity and glory . When I first came into a public trust , I found your parlia- ment in possession of an unlimited legislative power over the colonies . I could not open the ...
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