The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 88
... its dependent members . To what end , Sir , does the office of removing wardrobe serve at all ? Why should a jewel office exist for the sole purpose of taxing the king's gifts of plate ? Its object 88 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
... its dependent members . To what end , Sir , does the office of removing wardrobe serve at all ? Why should a jewel office exist for the sole purpose of taxing the king's gifts of plate ? Its object 88 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
Page 89
... exist , when that of groom of the stole is a sinecure , and that this is a proper object of his department ? All these encumbrances , which are themselves nuisances , produce other encumbrances and other nuisances . For the payment of ...
... exist , when that of groom of the stole is a sinecure , and that this is a proper object of his department ? All these encumbrances , which are themselves nuisances , produce other encumbrances and other nuisances . For the payment of ...
Page 93
... exist somewhere . Money is a pro- ductive thing ; and when the usual time of its demand can be tolerably calculated , it may , with prudence , be safely laid out to the profit of the holder . It is on this calculation that the business ...
... exist somewhere . Money is a pro- ductive thing ; and when the usual time of its demand can be tolerably calculated , it may , with prudence , be safely laid out to the profit of the holder . It is on this calculation that the business ...
Page 143
... exists at all in this city , the laws have crushed its exertions , and our morals have shamed its ap- pearance in day - light . I have pursued this spirit wherever I could trace it ; but it still fled from me . It was a ghost which all ...
... exists at all in this city , the laws have crushed its exertions , and our morals have shamed its ap- pearance in day - light . I have pursued this spirit wherever I could trace it ; but it still fled from me . It was a ghost which all ...
Page 164
... exists in the overt acts ; and then it will be as safe as ever God and nature intended it should be . Crimes are the acts of individuals , and not of de- nominations ; and therefore arbitrarily to class men under general descriptions ...
... exists in the overt acts ; and then it will be as safe as ever God and nature intended it should be . Crimes are the acts of individuals , and not of de- nominations ; and therefore arbitrarily to class men under general descriptions ...
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