The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... AFFAIRS OF AMERICA · Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE ...
... AFFAIRS OF AMERICA · Two LETTERS TO GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL , ON THE BILL DEPENDING IN PARLIAMENT RELATIVE TO THE Trade of IRELAND SPEECH ON PRESENTING TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS A PLAN FOR THE BETTER SECURITY OF THE INDEPENDENCE ...
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... AFFAIRS OF AMERICA . 1777 . GENTLEMEN , I HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject ...
... AFFAIRS OF AMERICA . 1777 . GENTLEMEN , I HAVE the honour of sending you the two last acts which have been passed with regard to the troubles in Ame- rica . These acts are similar to all the rest which have been made on the same subject ...
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... affairs as an ob- ject of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ? Nothing surely could be more lamentable to those who remember the flourishing days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several ...
... affairs as an ob- ject of triumph to themselves , or of congratulation to their sovereign ? Nothing surely could be more lamentable to those who remember the flourishing days of this kingdom , than to see the insane joy of several ...
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... affairs . Men of firmer minds may see them without staggering or astonishment.— Some may think them matters of congratulation and compli- mentary addresses ; but I trust your candour will be so in- dulgent to my weakness , as not to ...
... affairs . Men of firmer minds may see them without staggering or astonishment.— Some may think them matters of congratulation and compli- mentary addresses ; but I trust your candour will be so in- dulgent to my weakness , as not to ...
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... affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther from our natural regards , and to make an eternal rent and schism in the British nation . Those who do not ...
... affairs . It leaves no medium between insolent victory and infamous defeat . It tends to alienate our minds farther and farther from our natural regards , and to make an eternal rent and schism in the British nation . Those who do not ...
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