A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: Previous to the Late Election in that City Upon Certain Points Relative to His Parliamentary Conduct |
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... must ultimately affect national ftrength and national credit ) fo very difficult , as to become next to impracticable . But what , I confefs , was uppermoft with me , ' what I bent the whole force of my mind to , was B the the reduction ...
... must ultimately affect national ftrength and national credit ) fo very difficult , as to become next to impracticable . But what , I confefs , was uppermoft with me , ' what I bent the whole force of my mind to , was B the the reduction ...
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... must be given up to one ; ano- ther point must be yielded to another ; nothing is fuffered to prevail upon its own principle : the whole is fo frittered down , and disjointed , that fcarcely 9 1 fcarcely a trace of the original scheme ...
... must be given up to one ; ano- ther point must be yielded to another ; nothing is fuffered to prevail upon its own principle : the whole is fo frittered down , and disjointed , that fcarcely 9 1 fcarcely a trace of the original scheme ...
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... must reft in mine and your convic- tion of the abfolute , urgent neceffity there is , that fomething of the kind fhould be done . If there is any facrifice to be made , either of esti- mation or of fortune , the smallest is the best ...
... must reft in mine and your convic- tion of the abfolute , urgent neceffity there is , that fomething of the kind fhould be done . If there is any facrifice to be made , either of esti- mation or of fortune , the smallest is the best ...
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... must recollect , that with but half of our na- tural ftrength , we are at war against confederated powers who have fingly threatned us with ruin : We must recollect , that whilft we are left naked on one fide , our other flank is ...
... must recollect , that with but half of our na- tural ftrength , we are at war against confederated powers who have fingly threatned us with ruin : We must recollect , that whilft we are left naked on one fide , our other flank is ...
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... they should be This term comprehends various retributions made to perfons whofe offices are taken away , or who , in any other way , suffer by the new arrangements that are made . done , done , is a far greater . We must do [ 8 ]
... they should be This term comprehends various retributions made to perfons whofe offices are taken away , or who , in any other way , suffer by the new arrangements that are made . done , done , is a far greater . We must do [ 8 ]
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