The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 78
... ment in itself . For my part , I cannot pretend to speak upon it with clearness or with decision ; but certainly this arrange- ment would be more than sufficient for Wales . My original thought was to suppress five of the eight judges ...
... ment in itself . For my part , I cannot pretend to speak upon it with clearness or with decision ; but certainly this arrange- ment would be more than sufficient for Wales . My original thought was to suppress five of the eight judges ...
Page 81
... ment itself . I approach it with that awe and reverence with which a young physician approaches to the cure of the dis- orders of his parent . Disorders , Sir , and infirmities , there are - such disorders , that all attempts towards ...
... ment itself . I approach it with that awe and reverence with which a young physician approaches to the cure of the dis- orders of his parent . Disorders , Sir , and infirmities , there are - such disorders , that all attempts towards ...
Page 88
... ment , directly to the board of treasury itself ? By a simple operation ( containing in it a treble control ) the expenses of a department , which for naked walls , or walls hung with cob- webs , has in a few years cost the crown ...
... ment , directly to the board of treasury itself ? By a simple operation ( containing in it a treble control ) the expenses of a department , which for naked walls , or walls hung with cob- webs , has in a few years cost the crown ...
Page 90
... kindred in its defects with the establishments I am now speaking of , I think it best to speak of it along with them . It is , I conceive , an establish- ment , not well suited to its martial , though 90 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
... kindred in its defects with the establishments I am now speaking of , I think it best to speak of it along with them . It is , I conceive , an establish- ment , not well suited to its martial , though 90 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
Page 91
Edmund Burke. ment , not well suited to its martial , though exceedingly well calculated for its parliamentary , purposes . - Here there is a treasury , as in all the other inferior departments of govern- ment . Here the military is ...
Edmund Burke. ment , not well suited to its martial , though exceedingly well calculated for its parliamentary , purposes . - Here there is a treasury , as in all the other inferior departments of govern- ment . Here the military is ...
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