The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... hope- less , unnatural civil war . This mode of yielding would , it is said , give way to independency , without a war . I am per- suaded from the nature of things , and from information that it would have had a directly contrary effect ...
... hope- less , unnatural civil war . This mode of yielding would , it is said , give way to independency , without a war . I am per- suaded from the nature of things , and from information that it would have had a directly contrary effect ...
Page 36
... my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in my obedience . But flattery and friendship are very 36 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
... my most humble ser- vice in everything . I hope that whenever any of them were pleased to command me , that they found me perfectly equal in my obedience . But flattery and friendship are very 36 LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL .
Page 38
... hope there are none of you corrupted with the doctrine taught by wicked men for the worst purposes , and received by the malignant credulity of envy and ignorance , which is , that the men who act upon the public stage are all alike ...
... hope there are none of you corrupted with the doctrine taught by wicked men for the worst purposes , and received by the malignant credulity of envy and ignorance , which is , that the men who act upon the public stage are all alike ...
Page 40
... hope discern at last , how little conducive it is to any rational purpose , to lower its reputation . For my part , gentlemen , from much experience , from no little thinking , and from comparing a great variety of things , I am ...
... hope discern at last , how little conducive it is to any rational purpose , to lower its reputation . For my part , gentlemen , from much experience , from no little thinking , and from comparing a great variety of things , I am ...
Page 46
... hope that in Great Britain we shall always pursue , without exception , every means of prosperity ; and of course , that Ireland will interfere with us in something or other ; for either , in order to limit her , we must restrain our ...
... hope that in Great Britain we shall always pursue , without exception , every means of prosperity ; and of course , that Ireland will interfere with us in something or other ; for either , in order to limit her , we must restrain our ...
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