The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 49
... political system for the conve- nience of the hour ; that he is in parliament to support his opinion of the public good , and does not form his opinion in order to get into parliament , or to continue in it . It is in a great measure ...
... political system for the conve- nience of the hour ; that he is in parliament to support his opinion of the public good , and does not form his opinion in order to get into parliament , or to continue in it . It is in a great measure ...
Page 54
... politics , as systematically as some would have them , the trade of Ireland would vanish out of the system of commerce . But believe me , if Ireland is beneficial to you , it is so not from the parts in which it is restrained , but from ...
... politics , as systematically as some would have them , the trade of Ireland would vanish out of the system of commerce . But believe me , if Ireland is beneficial to you , it is so not from the parts in which it is restrained , but from ...
Page 58
... political circumstances ; it is necessary from the operations of the enemy ; it is necessary from the demands of the people , whose desires , when they do not militate with the stable and eternal rules of justice and reason , ( rules ...
... political circumstances ; it is necessary from the operations of the enemy ; it is necessary from the demands of the people , whose desires , when they do not militate with the stable and eternal rules of justice and reason , ( rules ...
Page 60
... politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! -I turn my eyes from the con- sequences . The noble lord in the blue riband , last year , treated all this with contempt . He never could conceive it possible that the ...
... politics arise in France to second what is done in the bureau ! -I turn my eyes from the con- sequences . The noble lord in the blue riband , last year , treated all this with contempt . He never could conceive it possible that the ...
Page 69
... political administration , ought to be abolished . Secondly , That all public estates which are more subser- vient to the purposes of vexing , overawing , and in- fluencing those who hold under them , and to the ex- pense of perception ...
... political administration , ought to be abolished . Secondly , That all public estates which are more subser- vient to the purposes of vexing , overawing , and in- fluencing those who hold under them , and to the ex- pense of perception ...
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