The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 63
... Commons , which has its eye elsewhere ; I would turn my eyes to the very quarter to which theirs are directed . Ĭ would reason this matter with the House , on the mere policy of the question ; and I would undertake to prove , that an ...
... Commons , which has its eye elsewhere ; I would turn my eyes to the very quarter to which theirs are directed . Ĭ would reason this matter with the House , on the mere policy of the question ; and I would undertake to prove , that an ...
Page 66
... commons to take advantage of an inartificial expression of the people's wishes , in order to frustrate their attainment of what they have an undoubted right to expect . We are under infinite obligations to our constituents , who have ...
... commons to take advantage of an inartificial expression of the people's wishes , in order to frustrate their attainment of what they have an undoubted right to expect . We are under infinite obligations to our constituents , who have ...
Page 71
... commons attend his royal trans- formations ; and are not so nice as to refuse to nibble at those crumbs of emoluments , which console their petty metamorphoses . Thus every one of those principalities has the apparatus of a kingdom ...
... commons attend his royal trans- formations ; and are not so nice as to refuse to nibble at those crumbs of emoluments , which console their petty metamorphoses . Thus every one of those principalities has the apparatus of a kingdom ...
Page 79
... commons , according to the usage of the several forests ; -I propose to have those rights of the crown valued as manorial rights are valued on an en- closure ; and a defined portion of land to be given for them ; which land is to be ...
... commons , according to the usage of the several forests ; -I propose to have those rights of the crown valued as manorial rights are valued on an en- closure ; and a defined portion of land to be given for them ; which land is to be ...
Page 80
... commons are to be allotted and compensated for , upon ideas which I shall hereafter explain . They are nearly the same with the principles upon which you have acted in private en- closures . I shall never quit precedents where I find ...
... commons are to be allotted and compensated for , upon ideas which I shall hereafter explain . They are nearly the same with the principles upon which you have acted in private en- closures . I shall never quit precedents where I find ...
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