The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... mode of proceeding that will recommend them to the favour of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , decide it . I shall only speak of it ...
... mode of proceeding that will recommend them to the favour of their fellow - citizens . But I confess I should look rather awkward , if I had been the very first to produce the new copies of freedom , decide it . I shall only speak of it ...
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... mode of exerting the right of taxation were not wholly unfounded . That right thus exerted is allowed to have had something reprehensible in it ; something unwise , or something grievous ; since , in the midst of our heat and resentment ...
... mode of exerting the right of taxation were not wholly unfounded . That right thus exerted is allowed to have had something reprehensible in it ; something unwise , or something grievous ; since , in the midst of our heat and resentment ...
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... mode of governing two millions , we shall find we have millions more to manage . Your children do not grow faster from infancy to manhood , than they spread from families to communities , and from villages to nations . I put this ...
... mode of governing two millions , we shall find we have millions more to manage . Your children do not grow faster from infancy to manhood , than they spread from families to communities , and from villages to nations . I put this ...
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... mode of treating them must have this proportion as its basis , or it is a reasoning weak , rotten , and sophistical . Mr. Speaker , I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration . It is good for us to be here . We ...
... mode of treating them must have this proportion as its basis , or it is a reasoning weak , rotten , and sophistical . Mr. Speaker , I cannot prevail on myself to hurry over this great consideration . It is good for us to be here . We ...
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... mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still , as it were , but in the gristle , and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood . When I contemplate these things ; when I ...
... mode of hard industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still , as it were , but in the gristle , and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood . When I contemplate these things ; when I ...
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