The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke ...Little, Brown, and Company, 1899 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... However , Sir , what I have here said of the inter- ference of foreign princes is only the opinion of a pri- vate individual , who is neither the representative of any state nor the organ of any party , but OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 19.
... However , Sir , what I have here said of the inter- ference of foreign princes is only the opinion of a pri- vate individual , who is neither the representative of any state nor the organ of any party , but OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . 19.
Page 34
... foreign prince enters into France , he must enter it as into a country of assassins . The mode of civilized war will not be practised nor are the French who act on the present system entitled to expect it . They whose known pol- 34 ...
... foreign prince enters into France , he must enter it as into a country of assassins . The mode of civilized war will not be practised nor are the French who act on the present system entitled to expect it . They whose known pol- 34 ...
Page 42
... foreign and sometimes an hostile nation . No , Sir , I faithfully assure you , my reserve is owing to no such causes . Is this letter , swelled to a second book , a mark of national antipa- thy , or even of national indifference ? I ...
... foreign and sometimes an hostile nation . No , Sir , I faithfully assure you , my reserve is owing to no such causes . Is this letter , swelled to a second book , a mark of national antipa- thy , or even of national indifference ? I ...
Page 102
... foreign troops , he thought that their cause grew daily better , because daily more de- fensive , and that ours , because daily more offensive , grew daily worse . He therefore , in two motions , in two successive years , proposed in ...
... foreign troops , he thought that their cause grew daily better , because daily more de- fensive , and that ours , because daily more offensive , grew daily worse . He therefore , in two motions , in two successive years , proposed in ...
Page 107
... foreign to the question of mon- archy or aristocracy , that this light people were in- spired with their present spirit of levelling . Their old vanity was led by art to take another turn : it was dazzled and seduced by military ...
... foreign to the question of mon- archy or aristocracy , that this light people were in- spired with their present spirit of levelling . Their old vanity was led by art to take another turn : it was dazzled and seduced by military ...
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