The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 31
... wish it had been the disposition of parliament seriously to consider . It was certainly a de- liberation that called for the exertion of all their wisdom . I am , and ever have been , deeply sensible of the difficulty of reconciling the ...
... wish it had been the disposition of parliament seriously to consider . It was certainly a de- liberation that called for the exertion of all their wisdom . I am , and ever have been , deeply sensible of the difficulty of reconciling the ...
Page 40
... wish . But I am sure , that the only means of checking its precipitate de- generacy , is heartily to concur with whatever is the best in our time and to have some more correct standard of judging what that best is , than the transient ...
... wish . But I am sure , that the only means of checking its precipitate de- generacy , is heartily to concur with whatever is the best in our time and to have some more correct standard of judging what that best is , than the transient ...
Page 45
... wish you to recollect , with what powers of concession , relative to commerce , as well as to legislation , his Majesty's commissioners to the united colonies have sailed from England within this week . Whether these powers are ...
... wish you to recollect , with what powers of concession , relative to commerce , as well as to legislation , his Majesty's commissioners to the united colonies have sailed from England within this week . Whether these powers are ...
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... wish to have as close an union of interest and affection with Ireland as I can have ; and that , I am sure , is a far better thing than any nominal union of government . France , and indeed most extensive empires , which by vari- ous ...
... wish to have as close an union of interest and affection with Ireland as I can have ; and that , I am sure , is a far better thing than any nominal union of government . France , and indeed most extensive empires , which by vari- ous ...
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... wish , that the parliament of Ireland may , in its own wisdom , remove these impediments , and put their country in a condition to avail itself of its natural advantages . If they do not , the fault is with them , and not with us . I ...
... wish , that the parliament of Ireland may , in its own wisdom , remove these impediments , and put their country in a condition to avail itself of its natural advantages . If they do not , the fault is with them , and not with us . I ...
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