The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 50
... concern to find , that my vote on the resolutions relative to the trade of Ireland has not been fortunate enough to meet with your approbation . I have explained at large the grounds of my conduct on that occasion in my letters to the ...
... concern to find , that my vote on the resolutions relative to the trade of Ireland has not been fortunate enough to meet with your approbation . I have explained at large the grounds of my conduct on that occasion in my letters to the ...
Page 85
... concerns of men , whom we love and honour , that is beneath our attention.- " Love , " says one of our old poets , " esteems no office mean ; " and with still more spirit , " entire affection scorneth nicer hands . ” Frugality , Sir ...
... concerns of men , whom we love and honour , that is beneath our attention.- " Love , " says one of our old poets , " esteems no office mean ; " and with still more spirit , " entire affection scorneth nicer hands . ” Frugality , Sir ...
Page 89
... concern of builders and such like , and of none else , is turned into a junto of mem- bers of parliament . That office too has a treasury and a paymaster of its own ; and , lest the arduous affairs of that important exchequer should be ...
... concern of builders and such like , and of none else , is turned into a junto of mem- bers of parliament . That office too has a treasury and a paymaster of its own ; and , lest the arduous affairs of that important exchequer should be ...
Page 91
... concern , to render the civil subordinate to the military ; and this will annihilate the greatest part of the expense , and all the influence belonging to the office . I propose to send the military branch to the army , and the naval to ...
... concern , to render the civil subordinate to the military ; and this will annihilate the greatest part of the expense , and all the influence belonging to the office . I propose to send the military branch to the army , and the naval to ...
Page 114
... concerned ? In the course of all these bills through the House , I observed the members of that board to be remarkably cautious of intermeddling . They understood decorum better ; they know that matters of trade and plant- ations are no ...
... concerned ? In the course of all these bills through the House , I observed the members of that board to be remarkably cautious of intermeddling . They understood decorum better ; they know that matters of trade and plant- ations are no ...
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