The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 15
... mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force . When that hour arrives , ( for it may arrive , ) then it is , that all this mass of weakness and violence will appear in its full light . If we should be expelled from ...
... mind the moment of the final triumph of foreign military force . When that hour arrives , ( for it may arrive , ) then it is , that all this mass of weakness and violence will appear in its full light . If we should be expelled from ...
Page 17
... minds . We are not disarmed by being disencumbered of our passions . Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet ... mind of the rulers to their people did fully justify a change of government ; nor can any reason what- ever be given ...
... minds . We are not disarmed by being disencumbered of our passions . Declaiming on rebellion never added a bayonet ... mind of the rulers to their people did fully justify a change of government ; nor can any reason what- ever be given ...
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... mind ; as thinking the season of victory not the time for treating with honour or advantage ? Whatever changes have happened in the national character , it can scarcely be our wish , that terms of accommodation never should be proposed ...
... mind ; as thinking the season of victory not the time for treating with honour or advantage ? Whatever changes have happened in the national character , it can scarcely be our wish , that terms of accommodation never should be proposed ...
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... mind , but it is nothing in the direction of affairs . The completeness of the legislative authority of parliament over this kingdom is not questioned ; and yet many things indubitably included in the abstract idea of that power , and ...
... mind , but it is nothing in the direction of affairs . The completeness of the legislative authority of parliament over this kingdom is not questioned ; and yet many things indubitably included in the abstract idea of that power , and ...
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... mind to , was the reduction of that corrupt influence , which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality , and of all disorder ; which loads us , more than millions of debt ; which takes away vigour from our arms , wisdom from ...
... mind to , was the reduction of that corrupt influence , which is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality , and of all disorder ; which loads us , more than millions of debt ; which takes away vigour from our arms , wisdom from ...
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