The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... empire , extended by our virtue and our fortune to the farthest limits of the east and of the west . All these wide - spread interests must be considered ; must be compared ; must be reconciled if possible . We are members for a free ...
... empire , extended by our virtue and our fortune to the farthest limits of the east and of the west . All these wide - spread interests must be considered ; must be compared ; must be reconciled if possible . We are members for a free ...
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... empire and our constitu- tion . A constitution made up of balanced powers must ever be a critical thing . As such I mean to touch that part of it which comes within my reach . I know my inability , and I wish for sup- port from every ...
... empire and our constitu- tion . A constitution made up of balanced powers must ever be a critical thing . As such I mean to touch that part of it which comes within my reach . I know my inability , and I wish for sup- port from every ...
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... some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation fluctuation of passions and opinions , to concenter my thoughts 26 SPEECH ON.
... some fixed ideas concerning the general policy of the British empire . Something of this sort seemed to be indispensable ; in order , amidst so vast a fluctuation fluctuation of passions and opinions , to concenter my thoughts 26 SPEECH ON.
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... empire so great and so distracted as ours , is , merely in the attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with ...
... empire so great and so distracted as ours , is , merely in the attempt , an undertaking that would ennoble the flights of the highest genius , and obtain pardon for the efforts of the meanest understanding . Struggling a good while with ...
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... empire ; not peace to depend on the juridical determination of perplexing questions ; or the precise marking the shadowy boundaries of a complex government . It is simple peace ; sought in its natural course , and in its ordinary haunts ...
... empire ; not peace to depend on the juridical determination of perplexing questions ; or the precise marking the shadowy boundaries of a complex government . It is simple peace ; sought in its natural course , and in its ordinary haunts ...
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