The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 38
... evil that will always be in it ? The smallness of the quantity in currency only heightens the value . They who raise suspicions on the good on account of the behaviour of ill men , are of the party of the latter . The common cant is no ...
... evil that will always be in it ? The smallness of the quantity in currency only heightens the value . They who raise suspicions on the good on account of the behaviour of ill men , are of the party of the latter . The common cant is no ...
Page 46
... evil , which is to be met with in every sort of corrective ? To say that Ire- land interferes with us , and therefore must be checked , is , in my opinion , a very mistaken and a very dangerous principle . I must beg leave to repeat ...
... evil , which is to be met with in every sort of corrective ? To say that Ire- land interferes with us , and therefore must be checked , is , in my opinion , a very mistaken and a very dangerous principle . I must beg leave to repeat ...
Page 67
... evil influence . I have always thought employments a very proper subject of regulation , but a very ill - chosen subject for a tax . An equal tax upon property is reasonable ; because the object is of the same quality throughout . The ...
... evil influence . I have always thought employments a very proper subject of regulation , but a very ill - chosen subject for a tax . An equal tax upon property is reasonable ; because the object is of the same quality throughout . The ...
Page 74
... evil occupation for that spirit . I would make every man look everywhere , except to the intrigue of a court , for the improvement of his circumstances , or the security of his fortune . I have in my eye a very strong case in the duchy ...
... evil occupation for that spirit . I would make every man look everywhere , except to the intrigue of a court , for the improvement of his circumstances , or the security of his fortune . I have in my eye a very strong case in the duchy ...
Page 80
... evil of the two . But I really conceive , that a rule of fair preference might be established , which would take away all sort of unjust and corrupt partiality . The principal revenue , which I propose to draw from these uncultivated ...
... evil of the two . But I really conceive , that a rule of fair preference might be established , which would take away all sort of unjust and corrupt partiality . The principal revenue , which I propose to draw from these uncultivated ...
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