The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 36
... feel warmly on this subject , and I express myself as I feel . If I presume to blame public proceeding , I cannot be supposed to be personal . Would to God I could be suspected of it . My fault might be greater , but the public calamity ...
... feel warmly on this subject , and I express myself as I feel . If I presume to blame public proceeding , I cannot be supposed to be personal . Would to God I could be suspected of it . My fault might be greater , but the public calamity ...
Page 41
... feeling minds who are so fortified against all other things , and so unarmed to whatever approaches in the shape of dis- grace , finding these principles , which they considered as sure means of honour , to be grown into disrepute ...
... feeling minds who are so fortified against all other things , and so unarmed to whatever approaches in the shape of dis- grace , finding these principles , which they considered as sure means of honour , to be grown into disrepute ...
Page 56
... feel that I engage in a business , in itself most ungracious , totally wide of the course of prudent conduct ; and ... feeling might , indeed , be over- borne by legislative reason ; and a man of a long - sighted and strong - nerved ...
... feel that I engage in a business , in itself most ungracious , totally wide of the course of prudent conduct ; and ... feeling might , indeed , be over- borne by legislative reason ; and a man of a long - sighted and strong - nerved ...
Page 57
... feel the smart of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men ...
... feel the smart of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance , some dear , protected dependent . Emolument is taken from some ; patronage from others ; objects of pursuit from all . Men ...
Page 69
... feel- ings , of the man who attempts to regulate . These private measures are not standards of the exchequer , nor balances of the sanctuary . General principles cannot be debauched or corrupted by interet or caprice ; and by those ...
... feel- ings , of the man who attempts to regulate . These private measures are not standards of the exchequer , nor balances of the sanctuary . General principles cannot be debauched or corrupted by interet or caprice ; and by those ...
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