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Page 29
... of perfect freedom , I ought to thank them for so great a trust , and not to
endeavour to prove from thence , that they have reasoned amiss , and that
having gone so far , by analogy , they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by
my pleasure .
... of perfect freedom , I ought to thank them for so great a trust , and not to
endeavour to prove from thence , that they have reasoned amiss , and that
having gone so far , by analogy , they must hereafter have no enjoyment but by
my pleasure .
Page 36
bad this effect , I confess that I should prefer independency without war , to
independency with it ; and I have so much trust in the inclinations and prejudices
of mankind , and so little in anything else , that I should expect ten times more
benefit ...
bad this effect , I confess that I should prefer independency without war , to
independency with it ; and I have so much trust in the inclinations and prejudices
of mankind , and so little in anything else , that I should expect ten times more
benefit ...
Page 39
Edmund Burke. been deceived , say they , by Titius and Mævius ; I have been the
dupe of this pretender or of that mountebank ; and I can trust appearances no
longer . But my credulity and want of discernment cannot , as I conceive , amount
...
Edmund Burke. been deceived , say they , by Titius and Mævius ; I have been the
dupe of this pretender or of that mountebank ; and I can trust appearances no
longer . But my credulity and want of discernment cannot , as I conceive , amount
...
Page 43
The fault I find in the scheme is , — that it falls extremely short of that liberality in
the commercial system , which , I trust , will one day be adopted . If I had not
considered the present resolutions merely as preparatory to better things , and as
a ...
The fault I find in the scheme is , — that it falls extremely short of that liberality in
the commercial system , which , I trust , will one day be adopted . If I had not
considered the present resolutions merely as preparatory to better things , and as
a ...
Page 48
As to your apprehensions concerning the more advantageous situation of Ireland
for some branches of commerce , ( for it is so but for some , ) I trust you will not
find them more serious . Milford Haven , which is at your door , may serve to show
...
As to your apprehensions concerning the more advantageous situation of Ireland
for some branches of commerce , ( for it is so but for some , ) I trust you will not
find them more serious . Milford Haven , which is at your door , may serve to show
...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Edmund Burke |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1864 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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