The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...: Political miscellanies. Reflections on the revolution in France. Letter to a member of the National assemblyG. Bell & sons, 1892 |
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... ever presented to the crown . It was no holiday ceremony ; no anniversary com- pliment of parade and show . It was signed by almost every gentleman of that persuasion , of note or property , PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION . 151.
... ever presented to the crown . It was no holiday ceremony ; no anniversary com- pliment of parade and show . It was signed by almost every gentleman of that persuasion , of note or property , PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION . 151.
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Edmund Burke. gentleman of that persuasion , of note or property , in Eng land . At such a crisis , nothing but a decided resolution to stand or fall with their country could have dictated such an address ; the direct tendency of which ...
Edmund Burke. gentleman of that persuasion , of note or property , in Eng land . At such a crisis , nothing but a decided resolution to stand or fall with their country could have dictated such an address ; the direct tendency of which ...
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... NOTES . PREFACE . THE Representation now given to the public relates to some of the most essential privileges of the House of Com- mons . It would appear of little importance , if it were to be judged by its reception in the place where ...
... NOTES . PREFACE . THE Representation now given to the public relates to some of the most essential privileges of the House of Com- mons . It would appear of little importance , if it were to be judged by its reception in the place where ...
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... notes and explanations to it . His intentions , he hopes , will excuse him to the original mover , and to the world . He acts from a strong sense of the in- curable ill effects of holding out the conduct of the late House of Commons ...
... notes and explanations to it . His intentions , he hopes , will excuse him to the original mover , and to the world . He acts from a strong sense of the in- curable ill effects of holding out the conduct of the late House of Commons ...
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... notes in their song than the cuckoo ; though , far from the softness of that harbinger of summer and plenty , their voice is as harsh and as ominous as that of the raven . Who but the most desperate adventurers in philosophy and finance ...
... notes in their song than the cuckoo ; though , far from the softness of that harbinger of summer and plenty , their voice is as harsh and as ominous as that of the raven . Who but the most desperate adventurers in philosophy and finance ...
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Page 321 - 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?
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