Burke, Select Works: Four letters on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. New ed. 1892Clarendon Press, 1892 |
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Page xi
... moral France is separated from the geographical . The master of the house is expelled : and the robbers are in pos- session . ' Burke emphatically denounced that change which was fast transmuting a holy war into a war of mere plunder ...
... moral France is separated from the geographical . The master of the house is expelled : and the robbers are in pos- session . ' Burke emphatically denounced that change which was fast transmuting a holy war into a war of mere plunder ...
Page xvii
... moral weight by one vote , that of Wilberforce , who on this occasion divided with the minority . When Parliament met for the Session of 1794-1795 , though the failure of the Coalition was plain , its dissolution was only fore- seen ...
... moral weight by one vote , that of Wilberforce , who on this occasion divided with the minority . When Parliament met for the Session of 1794-1795 , though the failure of the Coalition was plain , its dissolution was only fore- seen ...
Page xxvii
... moral right , justified the French in maintaining this trophy of the famous campaign of '94 . In adding the Belgian Netherlands to France , French states- men might well argue that they were not guilty of the gross folly of annexing the ...
... moral right , justified the French in maintaining this trophy of the famous campaign of '94 . In adding the Belgian Netherlands to France , French states- men might well argue that they were not guilty of the gross folly of annexing the ...
Page xxxv
... moral right , spurning at law and diplomacy , aggressive in its nature , powerful in its resources , served by sagacious minds and iron sinews , avowedly warring against the rest of the world to make it like unto itself , or in other ...
... moral right , spurning at law and diplomacy , aggressive in its nature , powerful in its resources , served by sagacious minds and iron sinews , avowedly warring against the rest of the world to make it like unto itself , or in other ...
Page xxxix
... moral and political wisdom . ' A sense , he said , of mingled awe and gratitude checked him , even in that respectful liberty which he allowed himself in the controversy . Erskine went on , in words as truthful as they were appropriate ...
... moral and political wisdom . ' A sense , he said , of mingled awe and gratitude checked him , even in that respectful liberty which he allowed himself in the controversy . Erskine went on , in words as truthful as they were appropriate ...
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