The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3Wells and Lilly, 1826 |
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... means of intro- ducing a democracy like theirs , as well as to the end itself , that much as it would afflict him , if such a thing could be attempted , and that any friend of his could concur in such measures , ( he was far , very far ...
... means of intro- ducing a democracy like theirs , as well as to the end itself , that much as it would afflict him , if such a thing could be attempted , and that any friend of his could concur in such measures , ( he was far , very far ...
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... means of knowing how many they are ; who they are ; and of what value their opinions may be , from their personal abilities , from their knowledge , their experience , or their lead and authority in this state . To me , who am but a ...
... means of knowing how many they are ; who they are ; and of what value their opinions may be , from their personal abilities , from their knowledge , their experience , or their lead and authority in this state . To me , who am but a ...
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... means unconcerned for yours , I wish to communicate more largely , what was at first intended only for your private satisfaction . I shall still keep your affairs in my eye , and continue to address myself to you . Indulging myself in ...
... means unconcerned for yours , I wish to communicate more largely , what was at first intended only for your private satisfaction . I shall still keep your affairs in my eye , and continue to address myself to you . Indulging myself in ...
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... means the most absurd and ridiculous ; in the most ridiculous modes ; and apparently , by the most contemptible instruments . Every thing seems out of nature in this strange chaos of levity and ferocity , and of all sorts of crimes ...
... means the most absurd and ridiculous ; in the most ridiculous modes ; and apparently , by the most contemptible instruments . Every thing seems out of nature in this strange chaos of levity and ferocity , and of all sorts of crimes ...
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... means of some change is without the means of its conservation . Without such means it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve . The two princi- ples of conservation and ...
... means of some change is without the means of its conservation . Without such means it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve . The two princi- ples of conservation and ...
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Page 94 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 51 - A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Page 50 - You will observe, that from magna charta to the declaration of right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Page 95 - Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom ; little did I dream...
Page 96 - All the pleasing illusions, which made power gentle, and obedience liberal, which harmonized the different shades of life, and which, by a bland assimilation, incorporated into politics the sentiments which beautify and soften private society, are to be dissolved by this new conquering empire of light and reason. All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off.
Page 64 - To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind.
Page 51 - In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of our country with our dearest domestic ties; adopting our fundamental laws into the bosom of our family affections; keeping inseparable, and cherishing with the warmth of all their combined and mutually reflected charities, our state, our hearths, our sepulchres, and our altars.
Page 67 - The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Page 95 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossnesa.
Page 84 - I have lived to it, and I could almost say, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." I have lived to see a diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition and error — I have lived to see the rights of men better understood than ever, and nations panting for liberty which seemed to have lost the idea of it ; I have lived to see thirty millions of people, indignant and resolute, spurning at slavery, and demanding liberty with an irresistible...