The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 59
... character and genius of arbitrary finance ; none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power ; none of the wild struggles , and plunges , of despotism in distress ; -no lopping off from the capital of debt ; -no suspension of interest ; -no ...
... character and genius of arbitrary finance ; none of the bold frauds of bankrupt power ; none of the wild struggles , and plunges , of despotism in distress ; -no lopping off from the capital of debt ; -no suspension of interest ; -no ...
Page 66
... characters . We ought to walk before them with purity , plainness , and integrity of heart ; with filial love , and not with slavish fear , which is al- ways a low and trickling thing . For my own part , in what I have meditated upon ...
... characters . We ought to walk before them with purity , plainness , and integrity of heart ; with filial love , and not with slavish fear , which is al- ways a low and trickling thing . For my own part , in what I have meditated upon ...
Page 71
... character , and to trifle with those light , subordinate , lacquered sceptres in those hands that sustain the ball representing the world , or which wield the trident that commands the ocean . Cross a brook , and you lose the king of ...
... character , and to trifle with those light , subordinate , lacquered sceptres in those hands that sustain the ball representing the world , or which wield the trident that commands the ocean . Cross a brook , and you lose the king of ...
Page 98
... character is slurred , as well as his lawful emolument affected . The former process is against the thing ; the second against the person . The pensioner certainly , if he pleases , has a right to stand on his own defence ; to plead his ...
... character is slurred , as well as his lawful emolument affected . The former process is against the thing ; the second against the person . The pensioner certainly , if he pleases , has a right to stand on his own defence ; to plead his ...
Page 117
... character of that description of men , from the retiredness or the remote- ness of their situation , or from their want of weight and power to enforce their pretensions , or from their being en- tirely subject to the power of a minister ...
... character of that description of men , from the retiredness or the remote- ness of their situation , or from their want of weight and power to enforce their pretensions , or from their being en- tirely subject to the power of a minister ...
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