The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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Page 76
... original creation . They tended to make a subject imitate a prince . When Henry the Fourth from that stair ascended the throne , high - minded as he was , he was not willing to kick away the ladder . To prevent that principality from ...
... original creation . They tended to make a subject imitate a prince . When Henry the Fourth from that stair ascended the throne , high - minded as he was , he was not willing to kick away the ladder . To prevent that principality from ...
Page 78
... original thought was to suppress five of the eight judges ; and to leave the chief justice of Chester , with the two senior judges ; and , to facilitate the business , to throw the twelve counties into six districts , holding the ...
... original thought was to suppress five of the eight judges ; and to leave the chief justice of Chester , with the two senior judges ; and , to facilitate the business , to throw the twelve counties into six districts , holding the ...
Page 90
... original sin , that pervades and perverts all our establish- ments ; the apparatus is not fitted to the object , nor the workmen to the work . Expenses are incurred on the private opinion of an inferior establishment , without ...
... original sin , that pervades and perverts all our establish- ments ; the apparatus is not fitted to the object , nor the workmen to the work . Expenses are incurred on the private opinion of an inferior establishment , without ...
Page 94
... original sin , an inheritance of vexation , to his posterity , without a power of compensating himself in some way or other , for so perilous a situation ? We know , that if the paymaster should deny himself the advantages of his bank ...
... original sin , an inheritance of vexation , to his posterity , without a power of compensating himself in some way or other , for so perilous a situation ? We know , that if the paymaster should deny himself the advantages of his bank ...
Page 104
... original title , and the first purchase of merited wealth and honour through all its descents , through all its transfers , and all its assignments . May such fountains never be dried up ! May they ever flow with their original purity ...
... original title , and the first purchase of merited wealth and honour through all its descents , through all its transfers , and all its assignments . May such fountains never be dried up ! May they ever flow with their original purity ...
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