The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 62
... words to say . The ministers seem to contest this point ; and affect to doubt whether the people 1 Edict , registered 29th January , 1780 . do really desire a plan of economy in the civil 62 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
... words to say . The ministers seem to contest this point ; and affect to doubt whether the people 1 Edict , registered 29th January , 1780 . do really desire a plan of economy in the civil 62 SPEECH ON THE ECONOMICAL REFORM .
Page 67
... ministers , they make up the tax to such places as they wish to favour , or in such new places as they may choose to create . Thus the civil list becomes oppressed with debt ; and the public is obliged to repay , and to repay with a ...
... ministers , they make up the tax to such places as they wish to favour , or in such new places as they may choose to create . Thus the civil list becomes oppressed with debt ; and the public is obliged to repay , and to repay with a ...
Page 68
... minister shall no longer have the means of repaying with a private , what is taken by a public , hand - if after all ... ministers are far from being wholly to blame for the present ill order which prevails . Whilst institutions directly ...
... minister shall no longer have the means of repaying with a private , what is taken by a public , hand - if after all ... ministers are far from being wholly to blame for the present ill order which prevails . Whilst institutions directly ...
Page 70
... minister , under whom expenses can be made without his knowledge , can never say it is that he can spend , or what it is that he can save . Fifthly , That it is proper to establish an invariable order in all payments ; which will ...
... minister , under whom expenses can be made without his knowledge , can never say it is that he can spend , or what it is that he can save . Fifthly , That it is proper to establish an invariable order in all payments ; which will ...
Page 86
... ministers remained inactive and unprovided ; the system of Europe was dissolved ; the chain of our alliances was broken ; all the wheels of government at home and abroad were stopped - because the king's turnspit was a mem- ber of ...
... ministers remained inactive and unprovided ; the system of Europe was dissolved ; the chain of our alliances was broken ; all the wheels of government at home and abroad were stopped - because the king's turnspit was a mem- ber of ...
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