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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... objects ; the first , to enable administration to confine , as long as it shall think pro- per , those whom that act ... object . The persons who make a naval war upon us , in consequence of the pre- sent troubles , may be rebels ; but ...
... objects ; the first , to enable administration to confine , as long as it shall think pro- per , those whom that act ... object . The persons who make a naval war upon us , in consequence of the pre- sent troubles , may be rebels ; but ...
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... object respectable in the eyes of God and man . But I cannot conceive any existence under heaven , ( which , in the depths of its wisdom , tolerates all sorts of things , ) that is more truly odious and disgusting , than an impotent ...
... object respectable in the eyes of God and man . But I cannot conceive any existence under heaven , ( which , in the depths of its wisdom , tolerates all sorts of things , ) that is more truly odious and disgusting , than an impotent ...
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... . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 15.
... . Has any of these gentlemen , who are so eager to govern all man- kind , showed himself possessed of the first qualification to- wards government , some knowledge of the object , and LETTER TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL . 15.
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... object ; that our means of originally holding America , that our means of reconciling with it after quarrel , of recovering it after separation , of keeping it after victory , did depend , and must depend in their several stages and ...
... object ; that our means of originally holding America , that our means of reconciling with it after quarrel , of recovering it after separation , of keeping it after victory , did depend , and must depend in their several stages and ...
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... objects . The colonies were from the beginning subject to the legislature of Great Britain , on principles which they ... object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown alone . On the other hand , the colonies , advancing by ...
... objects . The colonies were from the beginning subject to the legislature of Great Britain , on principles which they ... object , but which could not be safely trusted to the crown alone . On the other hand , the colonies , advancing by ...
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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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