The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 57
... oblige them to conceal the cause of their resentment . Very few men of great families and ex- tensive connexions , but will feel the smart of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance ...
... oblige them to conceal the cause of their resentment . Very few men of great families and ex- tensive connexions , but will feel the smart of a cutting reform , in some close relation , some bosom friend , some pleasant acquaintance ...
Page 66
... obliged , at the outset , to reject a plan proposed by an honourable and at- tentive member of parliament , 1 with very good intentions on his part , about a year or two ago . Sir , the plan I speak of was the tax of 25 per cent . moved ...
... obliged , at the outset , to reject a plan proposed by an honourable and at- tentive member of parliament , 1 with very good intentions on his part , about a year or two ago . Sir , the plan I speak of was the tax of 25 per cent . moved ...
Page 67
... obliged to repay , and to repay with a heavy interest , what it has taken by an injudicious tax . Such has been the effect of the taxes hitherto laid on pensions and employments , and it is no encouragement to recur again to the same ...
... obliged to repay , and to repay with a heavy interest , what it has taken by an injudicious tax . Such has been the effect of the taxes hitherto laid on pensions and employments , and it is no encouragement to recur again to the same ...
Page 71
... obliged to throw a variety of parts on their chief performer ; so our sovereign condescends himself to act not only the principal , but all the subordinate , parts in the play . He condescends to dissipate the royal character , and to ...
... obliged to throw a variety of parts on their chief performer ; so our sovereign condescends himself to act not only the principal , but all the subordinate , parts in the play . He condescends to dissipate the royal character , and to ...
Page 76
... obliged to pay the costs of both . Indeed this art of converting a great monarch into a little prince , this royal masquerading , is a very dangerous and expensive amusement ; and one of the king's menus plaisirs , which ought to be ...
... obliged to pay the costs of both . Indeed this art of converting a great monarch into a little prince , this royal masquerading , is a very dangerous and expensive amusement ; and one of the king's menus plaisirs , which ought to be ...
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