The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 61
... exist under the arm of necessity . Necessity strikes at credit , I allow , with a heavier and quicker blow under an arbitrary monarchy , than under a limited and balanced government ; but still necessity and credit are natural enemies ...
... exist under the arm of necessity . Necessity strikes at credit , I allow , with a heavier and quicker blow under an arbitrary monarchy , than under a limited and balanced government ; but still necessity and credit are natural enemies ...
Page 72
... exists for the sole purpose of multiplying offices and extending influence . An attempt was lately made to improve this branch of local influence , and to transfer it to the fund of general corruption . I have on the seat behind me ...
... exists for the sole purpose of multiplying offices and extending influence . An attempt was lately made to improve this branch of local influence , and to transfer it to the fund of general corruption . I have on the seat behind me ...
Page 74
... exist ? When a government is rendered complex ( which in itself is no desirable thing ) it ought to be for some 1 Case of Richard Lee , Esq . appellant , against George Venables Lord Vernon , respondent , in the year 1776 . political ...
... exist ? When a government is rendered complex ( which in itself is no desirable thing ) it ought to be for some 1 Case of Richard Lee , Esq . appellant , against George Venables Lord Vernon , respondent , in the year 1776 . political ...
Page 77
... exist for no good end to the king , to the nobility , or to the people . They ought not to exist at all . If the crown ( contrary to its nature , but most conformably to the whole tenor of the advice that has been lately given ) should ...
... exist for no good end to the king , to the nobility , or to the people . They ought not to exist at all . If the crown ( contrary to its nature , but most conformably to the whole tenor of the advice that has been lately given ) should ...
Page 84
... establishments . No revenue , no , not a royal re- venue , can exist under the accumulated charge of ancient establishment , modern luxury , and parliamentary political corruption . 84 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
... establishments . No revenue , no , not a royal re- venue , can exist under the accumulated charge of ancient establishment , modern luxury , and parliamentary political corruption . 84 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
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