The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 108
... condition of the old office of secretary of state ? Have their velvet bags , and their red boxes , been so full , that nothing more could possibly be crammed into them ? A correspondence of a curious nature has been lately pub- lished ...
... condition of the old office of secretary of state ? Have their velvet bags , and their red boxes , been so full , that nothing more could possibly be crammed into them ? A correspondence of a curious nature has been lately pub- lished ...
Page 144
... condition of our nature is such , that we buy our blessings at a price . The Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which ...
... condition of our nature is such , that we buy our blessings at a price . The Reformation , one of the greatest periods of human improvement , was a time of trouble and confusion . The vast structure of superstition and tyranny , which ...
Page 147
... condition of perpetual banishment . A brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury , a Talbot , a name respectable in this country , whilst its glory is any part of its concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and ...
... condition of perpetual banishment . A brother of the Earl of Shrewsbury , a Talbot , a name respectable in this country , whilst its glory is any part of its concern , was hauled to the bar of the Old Bailey , among common felons , and ...
Page 152
... condition to set our malice at defiance , that with them we are willing to contract engagements of friendship , and to keep them with fidelity and honour ; but that , because we conceive some descriptions of our countrymen are not ...
... condition to set our malice at defiance , that with them we are willing to contract engagements of friendship , and to keep them with fidelity and honour ; but that , because we conceive some descriptions of our countrymen are not ...
Page 160
... conditions that were prescribed by our own authority , and taken on the sanction of our public faith- that is to say , when we had inveigled them with fair promises within our door , we were to shut it on them ; and , adding mockery to ...
... conditions that were prescribed by our own authority , and taken on the sanction of our public faith- that is to say , when we had inveigled them with fair promises within our door , we were to shut it on them ; and , adding mockery to ...
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